NO FLY DRONES Florida Senator wants limits on drones around airports

US Sen. Bill Nelson is meeting with Florida's airport directors as part of a push to garner support for new technology that could protect airports and other sensitive areas from drones.

Schools are announcing closures and airlines are asking passengers to reschedule their flights as Environment Canada warns a major storm is on its way to Atlantic Canada today.

As concerns about the Zika virus, both real and exaggerated sweep the industry, Ontario travel agents and tour operators are concerned that they are the ones being made responsible for alerting customers to potential dangers even when none might exist. “The Caribbean, Mexico, South and Central America all are suddenly suspect,” one industry professional told us, likening the situation to past warnings advising passengers, “don’t go to Vancouver because there’s a SARS outbreak in Toronto”.

Germany is the best country in the world, according to new analysis unveiled Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The first-ever Best Countries report awarded Germany the top spot “in part because of its strong economy, world influence and its focus on key global issues, such as the migrant crisis and eurozone unity.”

Royal Caribbean has partnered with The World Wildlife Fund for Nature to develop programmes for ocean conservation and to share exposure of the WWF with five million cruise passengers annually.

A five-deck luxury yacht destroyed most of a protected coral reef in the Cayman Islands last month. The 92 metre luxury vessel, owned by Microsoft co-owner Paul Allen caused the damage when its anchor chain scraped 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet) of reef near two scuba diving sites in the West Bay. The Tatoosh is the 49th largest yacht in the world.

Officials from Mexico’s Ministry of Health met with tour operators from the US and Canada yesterday in Cancun, at a meeting organized by the Mexico Tourism Board. The meeting focused on a report of the latest Zika virus facts, the prevention and containment efforts by the Mexican government and tourism industry.

The head of the Daallo Airlines whose jetliner was damaged in an explosion shortly after takeoff from Somalia on Tuesday, said that investigators have found what appears to be residue from explosives, though he cautioned that the findings were inconclusive.

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for 2015 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5 percent for the full year compared to 2014. This was the strongest result since the post-Global Financial Crisis rebound in 2010 and well above the 10-year average annual growth rate of 5.5 percent.

Maybe airlines have a conscience after all. Nah, perish the thought: A better description of American and United’s sudden burst of pretzel and cookie altruism is more likely the result of a guilt complex.