A full polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lab was installed on Viking Cruises’ Viking Star, permitting the ship to conduct daily COVID-19 tests of all of its passengers and crew. It is the first full-scale PCR testing facility to be built on board a cruise ship. The test administered by this lab is a noninvasive saliva test.

The Viking Star, one of Viking’s oceangoing vessels, can hold 930 passengers and 602 crew.

At Bole International Airport (ADD), serving Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a terminal expansion completed by Ethiopian Airlines (www.ethiopianairlines.com) in September has made Bole the second-largest airport in Africa, after O.R. Tambo International in South Africa.

The expanded terminal, finished during the COVID-19 pandemic, contains features to help protect the health of passengers, with 30 self-check-in kiosks, eight e-gates at Immigration, and social-distancing-spaced seats in the...

On Dec. 5, 2020, in Switzerland, the Eiger Express aerial gondola began service, taking passengers from the Grindelwald terminal, at the foot of the Jungfrau, 1,800 meters away to the Eiger Glacier Station, in 15 minutes.

Visitors can combine the tram with the train to the Jungfraujoch observatory, more than 11,000 feet above sea level, completing the entire one-way trip in only 45 minutes, 43 minutes faster than previously.

A round-trip ticket for the Eiger Express costs CHF64...