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Royal Caribbean Group suspends spring sailings

Group pushes restart plans back to May

'The focus must be on quickly returning travel to normal'

Industry cannot afford for pre-departure testing ’to be baked in over the whole summer’ says Airlines UK chief Tim Alderslade

'Govt must support pre-travel test regime financially'

’Mandatory negative test for overseas visitors should have been in place since the start of the pandemic,’ says If Only general manager Gordon McCreadie

Govt confirms start date for pre-departure testing rules

All those due to arrive in the UK after 4am on Friday (15 January) will have to provide evidence of a pre-travel negative Covid test taken up to 72 hours prior to departure

United Arab Emirates removed from travel corridor list

Arrivals into the UK from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the rest of the UAE will have to self-isolate for 10 days starting 4am on Tuesday (12 January)

'Govts are failing to recognise the importance of tourism'

Pata chair UK and Ireland Chris Crampton says many countries ’less than well served’ by their governments, adding importance of travel to global economy ’understated’

Dubai axed from Scottish quarantine-free travel list

SPAA backs move after spike in cases among those returning from the emirate

EasyJet follows BA in banking £1.4bn state-backed loan

Agreement underwritten by syndicate of banks and partial guarantee from the UK’s export credit agency UK Export Finance

Virgin Atlantic trims schedule as it seeks Covid cash injection

Telegraph reports carrier in talks over £170 million sale and leaseback agreement to pay back a loan and further shore up its finances

Steve Witt: 'Travel must be pragmatic and business-minded'

Not Just Travel co-founder urges businesses to grasp any available support, and remember there will be huge demand for travel post-Covid

New testing measures 'will make travel virtually impossible'

Agents in Scotland react to new pre-travel negative Covid test requirement for arrivals

Industry blasts 'piecemeal' inbound testing regime

‘We, the experts, are at the government’s disposal – it’s beyond comprehension why ministers continue to ignore the experts on their doorstep’

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

'Why is there still no roadmap for the resumption of travel?'

’Whether it’s a staycation or a holiday abroad or business travel, we have to get people moving’, says Phil Nuttall, owner of The Travel Village

South Africa travel ban extended to Indian Ocean destinations

Mauritius and Seychelles removed from government’s quarantine-free travel corridor list

Home sec: New border control measures imminent

Priti Patel confirms Department for Transport ready to announce new rules to tighten Covid restrictions at the UK’s borders

Ryanair slashes full-year traffic forecast

Budget carrier expects February and March carryings to fall to as little as 500,000 a month

Norwegian 'fighting for survival' after 'challenging' year

Carrier’s December traffic down 94% year-on-year as Covid continues to decimate air travel demand

Holland America Line extends cruising suspension

All April sailings, Alaska departures through to mid-May, Mediterranean sailings through to early June, and selected Canada and New England departure off

Princess extends pause in sailings to mid-May

All Caribbean, California coast, early season Alaska and Europe cruises on hold

Govt confirms agents eligible for lockdown support grants

Abta hopes govt clarity will end the ‘postcode lottery’ previously experienced by agents, and has pledged to pursue grant access for other travel businesses

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