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International Travel opening back up in The States tomorrow and by the looks of it the industry is going to rebound hard. Sometimes the stars align, perfect time for Wifi approval.


Airlines and U.S. Customs and Border Protection expect a spike in travel starting Monday, the day the U.S. reopens to foreign visitors from dozens of countries, and U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico reopen to nonessential travel.

Airlines are prepping for a big increase in travelers eager to vacation in the United States or reunite with loved ones.

Many of Virgin Atlantic's U.S.-bound flights on Monday, including its first flight to the U.S. that day from London to New York, are sold out, according to spokesperson Andrew Scott.

United Airlines expects more than 30,000 people to fly into the U.S. that day. That equates to a peak summer day for the airline.

Most of the flights will be "fairly full," according to spokesperson Nicole Carriere.

Delta Air Lines said many of its Monday flights to the U.S. are sold out and that planes are expected to be relatively full in the following weeks. The airline has seen a 450% increase in bookings by travelers who live outside the U.S. in the weeks since the reopening was announced, spokesperson Morgan Durrant said. The most popular destinations: New York, Atlanta, Boston and Orlando, Florida.

British Airways is operating 26 flights to 15 destinations including New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles on Monday, flights that will now include a mix of passengers from both sides of the Atlantic instead of primarily U.S. citizens. Countries in Europe and the U.K. reopened their borders to U.S. citizens in stages and with varying entry restrictions over the summer.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2021/11/05/airport-border-waits-increase-covid-requirements/8569251002/

When the Biden administration announced that vaccinated foreign travelers would be allowed to enter the United States starting Nov. 8, it was as though a starting gun had been fired.

Skyscanner, a travel booking site, saw an 800 percent spike in bookings the day after the announcement. In the week after the administration confirmed the date travelers could arrive, Expedia, the online booking site, saw a 28 percent increase in searches for U.S. hotels from Britain and a 24 percent increase from France.

And not only international tourism was given a boost. Experts said that the U.S. reopening signaled to American travelers that they could leave their homes this coming holiday season, too. Searches for outbound international travel on the booking application Hopper, for instance, have increased by 24 percent since the announcement, the highest uptick since the spring.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/travel/holiday-travel-tips.html