The Twitterstorm will be directed at transport secretary Grant Shapps and prime minister Boris Johnson, calling for urgent support for the UK’s beleaguered travel industry
TTG Media is relaunching its #SaveTravel campaign after the government’s latest traffic light update, which has effectively closed the UK’s borders for leisure travel this summer
From Tuesday (8 June), dedicated terminals at Heathrow and Birmingham airports will open up to a limited number of flights from red list countries previously subject to flight bans
Airline and operator’s flights and holidays to resume from 1 July, with its programme and policies to be reviewed in line with the government’s three-weekly traffic light reviews
Association warns UK government’s decision to remove Portugal from its green list risks a return to a situation similar to last summer’s stop-start travel corridor regime
Travel industry warns of ’lost summer’ following green list decision, while Portugal questions UK government’s ’logic’ after being relegated to amber list
Airline and operator secures additional £150 million loan, and is looking to raise another £387 million through a new bond offering to strengthen its balance sheet
However, ‘pause’ in Scotland’s planned easing of restrictions owing to Indian variant has added to fears plans to unlock other areas of the UK could be delayed
