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Jet2 suspends summer 2020 Canaries programme
All flights and holidays due to depart up to and including 17 October cancelled
Govt to look at Covid data for Spanish and Portuguese islands
Transport secretary Grant Shapps raises prospect of new island travel corridors
Jet2 pushes Canaries restart back to 26 September
All holidays departing up to and including 26 September cancelled
Lanzarote shifts UK focus to winter sun season
Island’s tourism chief says Brit tourists ’always welcome’ on its shores
Canaries govt introduces Covid 'travel assistance' cover
Agreement will cover medical expenses, costs arising from extended stays, and repatriation in the event a traveller contracts coronavirus during their stay
Spain remains ‘safe’ for UK visitors, insists tourist office director
Key destinations such as the Balearics and Canaries have lower infection rates than UK
Tui adds Balearics and Canaries to Spain cancellations
Company has also boosted capacity to Greece and Turkey with seven additional flights next week
Jet2 suspends Spanish island flights and holidays
Agents urged to supply clients’ emergency contact details to allow airline and operator to offer 24/7 support
'Set up air corridors to Spanish islands' say govts and Abta
Balearics, Canaries and Abta urge travel corridors to by-pass quarantine restrictions
Spain travel corridor revoked after just three weeks
UK arrivals from Spain will have to self-isolate for 14 days starting Sunday (26 July), including those returning from the Balearics and the Canaries
Top 6 Covid-safe activities in Gran Canaria
TTG headed to Gran Canaria to see how the destination has prepared to welcome UK holidaymakers safely.
Watch: TTG flies from LHR to Gran Canaria - what's changed?
TTG headed to Gran Canaria to see how the destination has prepared to welcome UK holidaymakers safely.
Selling Spain, the Canaries and Balearics
As Spain, the Canaries and Balearics prepare to welcome tourists again, Abra Dunsby speaks to operators and tourist boards in the region.
Spain: 'UK must do better on coronavirus'
Tourism minister says UK must cut infection rate before allowing Brits to return
Prestige launches 'flexible' 2020/21 Canaries holidays
New brochure is the operator’s first since the coronavirus lockdown
Canary Islands seeks 'safe corridors' to restart tourism
Tourism hotspot seeking safety guarantees from source markets
TTG Digital Destinations Festival: Gran Canaria Masterclass
In line with Gran Canaria’s new campaign, #somuchtolivefor, this Facebook Live highlights how you can experience this Canary Island from the comfort of your own home and outlines the plan for how the destination will reopen for tourism post pandemic. We also share Gran Canaria’s top selling points, from sand dunes to the city.
Canary Islands to pioneer 'digital health passport'
Islands’ tourism authorities partner with UNWTO to arrange ’pilot’ flight using new health tracking app
Coronavirus: Britons start returning from virus-hit Tenerife hotel
Seventeen Tui customers flown home on Sunday (1 March) with dozens of Jet2holidays guests due to return on Monday (2 March)
Coronavirus: Brits stranded at Tenerife hotel set to return home
Jet2holidays guests at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel will be flown home on Monday after testing negative for coronavirus, while Tui is making arrangements for its guests at the hotel
Coronavirus: Tenerife hotel placed under quarantine for two weeks
The resort was closed after an Italian guest at the resort tested positive for Covid-19
Canary Islands airports back open amid huge sandstorm
The sandstorm is reportedly so big it can be seen in satellite images from space
Wizz Air announces major Canary Islands expansion
New Luton-Gran Canaria route and daily Tenerife service among budget carrier’s plans
Tui Blue targets Austria, Gran Canaria and Morocco
Operator’s flagship hotel brand to head into summer 2020 with nearly 100 hotels