Walkabout
A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.
At Home Two of three people diagnosed with Ebola in the United States flew on commercial flights shortly before falling ill. To put that in perspective, on an average day, about two million people fly with United States airlines. Still, travel agents say customers are asking whether it’s safe to fly. (USA Today)
Abroad Despite the fact that the main safari destinations in southern and eastern Africa are thousands of miles from the Ebola-stricken countries of the west, industry leaders say fears of the disease are keeping tourists away. (CNN)
Grounded Just weeks after an Air France pilots strike, a planned walkout by pilots for the German carrier Lufthansa is throwing European travel into chaos again, with 1,450 flights already canceled. (Daily Mail)
A Family Feud The Picasso Museum in Paris, above, is scheduled to reopen this week, having been closed since 2009 — but amid turmoil involving ownership of the artist’s work and criticism of the museum’s leadership. (The Guardian)