No further furlough support, a lifeline for the travel industry, is expected, while there are reports he could increase Air Passenger Duty on long-haul flights.

The UK’s Covid outlook is also explored in the press, with a booster jab campaign hitting its stride and modelling suggesting cases could soon start falling again.

However, there are concerns in some destinations about rising infection rates brought by UK visitors, which has already seen Morocco ban direct flights from the UK.

Here are the key headlines concerning travel on Monday 25 October.

No more furlough schemes, chancellor says

Rishi Sunak has said he was not preparing to roll out a new furlough programme to support company workers over the winter after the original scheme ended last month, because the government’s plan for coping with a surge in Covid infections “does not involve significant economic restrictions”. (Financial Times)

Chancellor ready to hike APD

Ahead of the autumn Budget on Wednesday (27 October), Sunak is also reportedly poised to raise the rate of Air Passenger Duty. According to The Guardian, the chancellor will up the rate on long-haul flights "to reflect the environmental damage" caused by longer flights. (The Guardian)

Benidorm’s Covid rate soars

Spanish tourist chiefs have sounded the alarm after Benidorm’s Covid-19 rate soared as British tourists returned in force to the destination. The Costa Blanca resort currently has a 14-day contagion rate of 215 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, five times the Spanish national figure of 43, according to health ministry data. (The i)

Travel uncertainty after Morocco ban

UK families are facing uncertainty over holiday plans after British tourists were banned from travelling to Morocco, raising fears other countries could follow suit. Popular European holiday destinations such as Spain and Italy have much lower Covid infection rates than the UK, where the number of new infections increased by 16% last week. (The i)

Million to receive Covid booster jabs

Two million eligible people will be invited to receive a Covid-19 booster jab from the NHS this week, as the government seeks to see off a sharp rise in cases without further restrictions. Five million people have already received a third injection. (Sky News)

UK Covid case numbers ‘to plummet’ this winter

Covid cases will plummet in November even without the government’s Plan B restrictions, modelling suggests. Ministers are thought to be holding back from introducing restrictions such as compulsory face masks, working from home and vaccine passports, after seeing projections from several groups which show infections declining rapidly within weeks. (The Telegraph)