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Norwegian to restart UK flights from 1 July

Initial short-haul schedule to include Oslo and Copenhagen

Johnson: Govt looking at ways to send people on holiday safely

Prime minister responds to signals from Spain it will impose reciprocal quarantine requirements on UK visitors

Waive 'use it or lose it' slot rule for winter – Iata

Association says airlines should not be making ’business critical’ decisions based on a rule not designed for a complete cessation of flying

TransIndus to cut group sizes and introduces Covid promise

New flexible booking conditions to accompany reduction in type group size

Mauritius unveils video snapshot of 'new normal' for tourism

Island also debuts new Safe Travels app, designed to help businesses meet WTTC and Mauritius Tourism Authority standards

CTO appoints Lotus as UK PR agency

Caribbean Tourism Organisation represents more than 65 travel-related companies

'Why didn't you extend refunds deadline?', MPs ask DfT

Government transport committee report questions why Department for Transport didn’t follow lead of other European nations on refunds

Business Support Live: agents reopening their stores on 15 June

Helen Parry, director of Arundel Travel; Lisa Lightly, branch manager of East of England Coop Travel; and Jackie Steadman, director of TravelTime World discuss how they have adapted their stores to prepare for a 15 June reopening date

Pegasus Airlines to resume UK flights next week

Turkish carrier to operate daily Istanbul-Stansted service, but all arrivals in Turkey will have to quarantine for 14 days

Hoseasons plans £1.5 million June marketing push

Staycation specialist hoping for July green light from government

Warner Leisure Hotels extends closures to 26 July

All breaks from 27 July due to go ahead as planned, subject to further UK government and Welsh Assembly guidance

Lufthansa Group to cut 22,000 roles in restructure

Move comes as German airline group awaits EU approval for €9 billion German government rescue package

Trailfinders boss reveals massive Covid refund burden

Founder and chairman Mike Gooley said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic had made the effects of the 2010 Icelandic ash cloud ’seem like a picnic’

Holland America Line extends cancellations into 2021

2020 Vancouver departures and several early 2021 Hawaii itineraries pulled owing to ongoing travel and port restrictions

Holiday letting sector seeks govt approval of new Covid protocols

Short-term accommodation providers ’ready and able to meet the right standards’

Portugal launches 'clean and safe' search tool for visitors

New online database will allow holidaymakers to check for premises adhering to new Covid-19 health and safety protocols

Government sets out 'Covid-secure' guidelines for flying

Passengers advised to check in all baggage, including hand baggage, and wear face coverings at all times

Egypt to incentivise resumption of air links

Ministers have discussed new measures to boost tourism amid the coronavirus crisis

Spain cools UK air bridge hopes

Country wants Europe-wide approach to restoring tourism this summer

Heathrow's efforts to protect jobs 'no longer sustainable'

CEO John Holland-Kaye confirms severance scheme agreed with union partners over unspecified number of job losses

Clia: PM's support for cruise industry 'very welcome'

Association ’working closely with government’ on new health protocols to restart cruising

Public 'lack faith in govt on quarantine', poll finds

New poll reveals significant public support for alternatives to quarantine, including air bridges and/or a greater test and trace effort

PM: Cruise to go through 'period of self-reinvention'

Boris Johnson says he is confident the sector will emerge Covid-secure

TTG's tracker: 'Customers are angry about quarantine'

One-third of respondents to TTG’s latest Travel Agent Tracker survey cite quarantine as the biggest issue facing their business