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BA trials ‘ultra rapid’ Covid test with results in 25 seconds
Airline hopes new test will be “game changer” in restarting international travel
EasyJet ups Portugal flight and holiday capacity again
Another 25,000 green list seats placed on sale, pushing additional seat capacity announced since the the green list reveal beyond 100,000
Airlines cancel flights to Israel as crisis worsens
British Airways and Virgin among carriers to cancel Tel Aviv services on Thursday
Wizz Air adds Rome flights from Luton and Liverpool
Low-cost carrier is creating a new base at Rome Fiumicino airport
Airline chiefs urge UK and US leaders to talk
Arline bosses urges US and UK governments to establish air corridor
Balpa blasts Sturgeon's stance on Scotland's green list
First minister said green list status should be ’exception, not the rule’; but Balpa has said there must be ’good reason’ to keep countries off the list
Qantas pushes international flight resumption back to 2022
Carrier hopeful Australia will open up additional Covid travel bubbles and allow carriers to take advantage of ’pockets of tourism’ as they emerge in the post-Covid world
Tel Aviv flights continue despite deadly clashes
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and El Al ’closely monitoring the situation’ while Heathrow-Tel Aviv flights continue
SAS launches direct UK-Swedish Lapland route
"Several tour operators and travel agencies have shown interest in the new route"
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays up Faro and Madeira capacity
More Portugal flights and holidays available for summer 2021 from seven Jet2 bases
British Airways to launch Newcastle-Faro flights
Twice-weekly service to get under way on 29 May
British Airways parent seeks additional €800 million
IAG details latest attempt to secure more funds via financial markets
Govt urged to expand 'green list' to include US
Heathrow says it’s vital the list is ‘massively expanded’ to include other low-risk markets such as the US, while Virgin has warned the government not to forget the economic importance of UK-US travel
British Airways adds new Greece, Canaries and Turkey services
Carrier adds nearly 100,000 extra seats to summer schedule across 13 destinations, including 10 in Greece
Virgin Atlantic to offer Covid test packages
Virgin Atlantic to offer test Covid kits for Israel, Grenada and Nigeria
Consumer confidence spikes after 'green list' reveal
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays data suggests just more than one in four don’t feel confident about travel, the joint-lowest rate recorded this year
NHS app to prove status of those with both jabs by 17 May
App proving vaccination status goes live on Monday with paper alternative
Airlines and operators set out 'green list' programmes
Tui, easyJet, Wizz Air and Jet2 respond to Portugal and Gibraltar making UK government’s first quarantine-free ’green list’
Ryanair to offer extra 175,000 Portugal seats this summer
Budget carrier hikes Portugal flight capacity after country was placed on UK government’s initial Covid ’green list’
Scotland signals changes to quarantine rules
Details of new traffic light system for Scottish travellers to be unveiled in a fortnight
'This is not the meaningful, four-nation restart the industry needed'
Shapps’ announcement greeted with disdain from industry
IAG identifies 'key measures' needed to restart travel
Boss of British Airways parent calls on governments to take action to facilitate ’safe’ resumption of travel
Norwegian 'confident' of resurgent demand as Europe reopens
Carrier’s April traffic figures continue to be impacted by travel restrictions leading to low demand
Aviation chiefs criticise govt's 'over-cautious' restart plan
UK risks squandering ‘vaccine dividend’, say Heathrow, BA, easyJet, Jet2 and MAG bosses