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New airline refund probe as 'don't travel' row continues

Government
Gary Noakes
9 June 2021

A new investigation by the UK’s competition authorities into airline refund policies during the pandemic heads this morning’s news.

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Meanwhile, ministers’ comments seeking to dissuade people from travelling abroad this summer gain a lot of coverage throughout the national press.

Elsewhere, the US has reclassified some countries as safe to travel to, although the UK remains out of bounds owing to an ongoing effective travel ban.

Travel leaders are hoping US president Joe Biden and prime minister Boris Johnson will be able to thrash out an agreement on a resumption of UK-US travel at this week’s G7 summit in Cornwall.

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