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Sixteen Air Canada Cancellations Snarl Long-Weekend Travel Across Major Canadian Hubs
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (234+ words) Visa HQ Travellers counting on the late-May long weekend were hit with a wave of disruption as Air Canada scrubbed at least 16 domestic and trans-border flights between 22 and 24 May 2026 The cancellations, confirmed by flight-tracking platforms and passenger reports, rippled through…...
Air Canada cancellations and delays ripple through Canada's five busiest hubs
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (278+ words) Visa HQ Travellers starting the Victoria Day long-weekend rush encountered fresh frustration on 2223 May as Air Canada scrubbed nine flights and delayed at least 55 more across Toronto, Vancouver, Montr'al, Calgary and Ottawa The disruption, first reported by travel news outlet…...
Major mainland carriers hike domestic fuel surcharges six-fold
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) Visa HQ Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Xiamen Airlines have raised the passenger fuel surcharge on domestic sectors from 10/20 yuan to 60/120 yuan (for flights under/over 800 km) with effect from 5 April The airlines cite the sharp run-up in…...
Petrobras Hike of 54. 8 % in Jet Fuel Triggers New Round of Air-Fare Increases
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (237+ words) Visa HQ Minutes after Petrobras confirmed, on 4 April, that the average price of querosene de avia'o (QAV) sold to distributors would rise 54. 8 %, airlines warned that the move adds R$ 0. 42 to every passenger-kilometre flown in Brazil The state-controlled oil company will…...
Airlines hike surcharges as jet-fuel spike bites; Cathay, HK Airlines warn of higher fares
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (237+ words) Visa HQ Asia-Pacific carriers are scrambling to offset a rapid rise in jet-fuel prices triggered by the Gulf conflict On 2 April AFP reported that major Chinese airlines will lift domestic fuel surcharges from 5 April, while Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has…...
Petrobras raises aviation-kerosene price by 55 % and offers airlines unprecedented instalment plan
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (315+ words) Visa HQ Brazilian flag-oil-company Petrobras stunned the aviation sector at dawn on 2 April by increasing the refinery gate price of Jet A-1 (QAV) by 55 per cent, the steepest single-day jump since liberalised pricing began in 2016 The state-controlled giant blamed a weaker…...
Air China, China Southern and China Eastern Raise Domestic Fuel Surcharges as Oil Prices Climb
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (263+ words) Visa HQ China's "big three' carriers have jointly increased domestic fuel surcharges, effective immediately, citing sustained volatility in global crude-oil markets and a weaker yuan According to statements released on 2 April 2026, the surcharge on tickets for sectors under 800 km has…...
Hundreds of Flights Delayed or Cancelled Nationwide as Canadian Carriers Battle Operational Crunch and Airspace Restrictions
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) Visa HQ Canada's aviation network endured a bruising start to the week on Monday, March 2, 2026, with 275 flights delayed and 41 cancelled across the country, according to live-tracking data compiled by Travel and Tour World Wide-body jets ordinarily used on Europe and…...
Czech Government Agrees to Pay Health Insurance for Unemployed Foreigners Holding Employee Cards
4+ mon, 5+ hour ago (280+ words) Visa HQ Effective 1 January 2026, foreigners who lose their jobs in Czechia but remain in the country as registered job-seekers will have their public health-insurance premiums covered entirely by the state The change'quietly confirmed in a Ministry of Health interpretative statement…...