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
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
Scotland’s initial green list will mirror England’s, featuring Portugal, Israel, Iceland and Gibraltar, although the first minister has encouraged people to ’staycation’ this summer
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
Transport sec’s suggestion at Friday’s ’green light’ reveal that agents are a thing of the past were ’ill-judged and ill-informed’, Abta chief Mark Tanzer has said
A 17 May restart will undoubtedly be a fantastic fillip for the travel industry, but it must not be forgotten this is just the start of a long journey back to normality
Only a small number of European destinations expected to go green when government this afternoon reveals how it has sorted countries into traffic light categories
