With confirmed cases reaching 233 – in addition to 14 deaths – Mr Trump urged calm, adding: “It’ll go away.”   The White House has faced criticism for its response, and has acknowledged the US does not have enough test …

Tourists continue visiting King County in record numbers.   About 41.9 million visitors dropped in to King County last year, marking a 2.3% increase from 2018, according preliminary numbers from Visit Seattle, the county’s tourism marketing organization. The visitors spent …

While a winter storm moved across the country, more than two feet of snow fell in western South Dakota, and more than a foot in central Kansas.   Just a few inches so far have accumulated in Detroit and up …

Norwegian Air, the World’s Best Low-Cost Long-Haul Airline, maintained its leadership position as the largest foreign airline in New York City for 2019, after surpassing Air Canada in February 2019, according to the Port Authority of New York and New …

A swarm of as many as 40,000 Africanised bees sent several people to hospital and closed a street in California, after swarming from the eaves of a Howard Johnson Inn. The police and firefighters were called to the scene after …

The detrimental impact on tourist arrivals in China is beyond dispute though not all markets show the same level of sensitivity in the face of the current crisis. The US and Canadian markets show a higher fall in demand than …

British Airways has suspended all its flight services between the United Kingdom and China as Wuhan coronavirus outbreak spreads.  The British Airways officials said that they have suspended all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect following advice …

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the the country’s State Department late Monday expanded their travel advisories to cover all of China due to the coronavirus outbreak.   The broader travel alerts come as the U.S. plans …

There will be proposed amendments to regulate the transport of service animals by air as charted by the United States department transportation which is seeking public comment.     Through the Air Carrier Access Act the body will be covering …

A disastrous volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands spewed ash into flight paths, prompting a warning to pilots by the National Weather Service. The volcano shot an ash cloud about 5 miles (8 km) into the sky, prompting major flight delays …