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Travellers will soon be able to take a test after five days' quarantine to be released from self-isolation
What travel needs in these testing times… is affordable tests
With pre- and post-travel PCR tests costing anything up to about £150, is test and release really going to unlock travel this winter?
Transport secretary Grant Shapps again stressed the importance of the current quarantine requirements
Video: Watch Shapps hail latest govt help for travel sector
Transport secretary says new test and release regime and rates relief for airports ‘will start to assist’ travel
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Test to release 'might save winter sun season'
Industry reacts to new five-day ‘test to release’ quarantine regime, due to come into effect from 15 December
Willie Walsh talks
Willie Walsh in line to become new Iata chief
Walsh recommended for director general role with Alexandre de Juniac to stand down at the end of March 2021
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Titan Travel places more 2022 departures on sale
Boss Andy Squirrell says ‘promising’ Covid vaccine news has boosted 2021 and 2022 enquiries
Tips for maximising the potential of email marketing during the pandemic
Global Travel Collection plots rapid expansion
Recruits up 28% in recent months, with parent Internova – formerly Travel Leaders – keen to maintain this momentum into spring
The policy is expected to be debated by ministers when parliament reconvenes on Tuesday
Govt to cut 14-day quarantine requirement to five – reports
Johnson due to address House of Commons this afternoon (23 November)
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Airport communities seek emergency funds from govt
Cross-party effort to lobby government to recognise impact of aviation downturn on Heathrow and Gatwick catchments
Advantage's Kelly Cookes said 2021 bookings were "very evenly spread" across the year
Advantage: New restrictions put Scottish members on the brink
Consortium warns four in five of its Scottish members risk running out of cash by next May if there is no further consideration for the impact of additional restrictions on travel
The itinerary features a stay in Trinidad
Journey Latin America debuts 'Covid-conscious' trips
Latin America specialist’s "trailblazer" range designed to get people back into destinations promptly as they reopen while ensuring safety
BA passengers will be able to change their travel arrangements (Credit: Jason Leung / Unsplash)
Airlines need further £60bn+ in aid to survive Covid – Iata
Association believes full-year losses for airline sector likely to amount to more than £75 billion
Tests will return results the following day
Gatwick launches subsidised Covid screening service
Gatwick passengers and on-airport staff will be able to get tests for £60, with facility set up in anticipation of government ’test and release’ quarantine scheme
Delta will block out middle seats onboard its flights until at least 30 March 2021
Delta extends middle seat block into 2021
Airline will block middle seats to preserve and promote social distancing until at least 30 March next year
Sri Lanka is on the road to recovery
Sri Lanka and Israel added to travel corridor list
First African travel corridors also confirmed, while no countries have this week been removed from the list
The party will be held on 17 December (Credit: Eugene Zhyvchik / Unsplash)
How to join travel's VirtYule Christmas party
Travel Connection Group and Debenham Links to team up for virtual industry knees-up on 17 December
St Lucia will introduce a tourist accommodation fee in April
Saint Lucia to introduce nightly 'tourism levy' next month
Country’s tourism authority says proceeds necessary to ensure its operations are self-sustainable as the destination seeks to emerge from the Covid crisis
More than half of those surveyed said they planned to travel in the next six months (Credit: Christian Lue / Unsplash)
European desire to travel strong despite Covid risks
More than half of European travellers still keen to take a trip in the next six months, new study finds
Jet2holidays aircraft in flight
Jet2 expecting to halve winter 2020/21 capacity
Airline and operator posts £119 million pre-tax loss for six months to 30 September owing to ’unprecedented operational and financial challenges’
TTG Debate: Has Covid cancelled peaks this new year?
TTG Debate: Has Covid cancelled peaks this new year?
What does the coronavirus crisis mean for travel’s traditional turn-of-year sales window? And will peaks ever be the same again after Covid-19?
Esprit Ski's winter 2020/21 programme has been suspended (Pictured: La Rosiere, France)
Inghams parent suspends winter 2020/21 chalet programme
French chalets and chalet hotels managed by Hotelplan UK removed from 2020/21 ski offering, while Esprit Ski winter programme cancelled in its entirety
The new bilateral deal will allow UK-US travel to continue once the UK’s EU transition period expires (Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine/Unsplash)
UK agrees bilateral Air Services Agreement with US
New deal will replace existing EU arrangement, allowing UK-US travel to continue at the end of the EU transition period
Collinson will run the testing operation at Heathrow airport
British Airways outlines three-stage Covid testing trial
Carrier teams up with American Airlines and oneworld alliance to roll out three-test scheme to monitor negative Covid status and cut quarantine
Skiing in the Dolomites, Italy
VIP Ski ceases trading and files for administration
Managing director Andy Sturt slams ‘incoherent, inconsistent and sometimes deeply unhelpful government advice’ in heartfelt message to staff, guests and partners
The FCDO has updated its travel advice for Spain (Credit: Filip Sochor / Unsplash)
Foreign Office issues new travel advice for Spain
Changes reflect country’s new testing requirements