Airports

Ireland to require negative Covid test for British arrivals

Tests must be taken up to 72 hours prior to arrival, and arrivals will also be advised to self-isolate for 14 days

Pre-departure testing 'must be short-term emergency measure only'

Aviation sector reacts to new pre-travel testing requirement for majority of UK arrivals

Shapps outlines pre-travel test requirement for arrivals

Passengers must now provide evidence of a negative Covid test result taken up to 72 hours prior to departure before they can enter England

Covid travel testing 'set to stay for whole of 2021'

Testing will remain crucial to restarting travel despite vaccine roll-outs

Labour demands clarity on Covid border measures

Shadow transport secretary Jim McMahon has written to Grant Shapps calling on him to clear up how the government is guarding the UK from new Covid variants and threats

Liverpool airport claims first with test to release facility

Covid testing facility for incoming passengers opened at Liverpool airport

Manchester airport loses its remaining US-based carrier

American Airlines quits Manchester, following Delta and United

BA, Virgin and Delta to require negative test for New York flights

Airlines agree to the request made by New York governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday

EU nations to discuss joint response after UK travel bans imposed

A swathe of travel bans was imposed over the weekend due to the new variant of Covid-19

Europe loses 6,000 airline routes due to Covid

UK industry needs a recovery package as pandemic causes ‘brutal impact’

Heathrow welcomes 'UK's largest' private Covid test facility

New 24-lane drive-through centre will be open year-round, offering passengers tests for £80pp

Iata sets out plans for Covid 'Travel Pass' app

Mobile app will help travellers manage testing requirements or necessary vaccine certification via their smartphones

Heathrow expansion plans get Supreme Court blessing

Judges back Heathrow third runway after overturning environmentalists’ objections

Heathrow vows to strictly enforce Covid safety measures

Passenger experience to be ‘secondary’ to Covid precautions over Christmas period, airport warns

Test to release 'could be poor value'

Keller said airlines with robust balance sheets would seek market share next year.

Virgin: 'We'll keep providing data to show pre-flight testing is the answer'

Airline will soon begin the second phase of its pre-departure Covid testing trial

Aviation charity smashes fundraising target with runways challenge

Run the Runways virtual event raises £10,000 to offer support to workers in the sector

Heathrow’s T4 to stay closed for whole of 2021

Airport blames “continued decline” in passengers for decision to mothball terminal

Manchester Airports Group sees revenues drop 81%

The group said it had led industry efforts to influence government policy

Transport committee chair: 'I'll push for more joined-up travel policy'

Huw Merriman tells TTG he will ask government to address mixed messages from the DfT and FCDO on international travel

Tourism minister insists outbound travel 'is being heard'

Nigel Huddleston launched a staunch defence of the government’s strategy and support for the travel industry during the pandemic

'The pandemic has not diminished the strength of the travel agent'

Jet2holidays head of trade sales Alan Cross tells TTG why agents are vital

Heathrow plans £5 charge to use terminal forecourts

Airport says fee will help to “protect the business financially and save jobs”

Testing facilities open at Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands

Manchester Airports Group teams up with Collinson to offer PCR, LAMP, rapid antigen and antibody tests for Covid at all three airports