Air VnV: sold-out flights start from Taiwan to Guam for ‘vacation and vaccination’ trips
by Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Guam and Helen Davidson in T from World news | The Guardian on (#5KYEY)
About 170 people, some wearing hazmat suits, were the first to fly to the Pacific island for a holiday with a Covid twist
On Tuesday afternoon in Taipei about 170 people, some dressed in hazmat suits and face shields, boarded a plane bound for the Pacific island of Guam.
The sold-out flight was a package holiday with a Covid twist: dubbed Air V&V" (vacation and vaccination), Guam is capitalising on its abundance of vaccines to revive its tourism industry, and Taiwan's residents are the first customers.
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