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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
Aviation has pledged to make the UK’s airlines carbon free. Picture: Ethan McArthur
Govt pledges financial support for English airports
The financial boost will ‘address fixed costs’ and be capped at £8 million per site
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye is among the signatories
Quarantine time to be slashed as 'test to release' scheme confirmed
The 14-day quarantine requirement for arrivals into England will be cut by up to two-thirds from 15 December
Stuart Swords and Mark Swords, Swords Travel
Agents' success applying for Local Restrictions Support Grant
Abta is continuing to advise members apply for the LRSG
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
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
Namibia is one of two African destinations to be granted a travel corridor with the UK
New long-haul travel corridors ‘step in right direction’
Tourism associations in Africa and Latin America welcome UK government’s latest additions to corridor list
The measures were outlined in chancellor Rishi Sunak's March budget
Abta advises members continue applying for Lockdown Restrictions Support Grants
Association says decision to remove travel from non-essential retail list shows “lack of understanding”
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
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Govt explains rationale behind 'not closing travel agents'
If agents aren’t classified as a closed business then local authorities will not automatically consider them for a Local Restrictions Support Grant
United will launch a New York-London pre-flight testing trial next month
Delay in taskforce report threatens Christmas travel, MPs warn
Global Travel Taskforce had been due to report to PM in early November
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Agenda 2021: Aviation minister among top speakers confirmed for new two-day event
Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts MP will join a live Q&A with delegates on 7 December
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
Johan Lundgren says there is "underlying demand" for travel despite the ongoing pandemic
EasyJet 'keeping a close eye' on govt funding for rivals
‘We will make sure that all the relevant authorities are up to date on what’s going on if we can see that that [competition distortion] is taking place’
Strawberry Holidays raises profile through prestigious SmallBiz100 event
Strawberry Holidays raises profile through prestigious SmallBiz100 event
Travel company was in the national spotlight with a series of online interviews
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
Chile offers spectacular mountain and glacial landscapes, said Dennison (Credit: Vinicius Henrique / Unsplash)
Jess Dennison: Welcome back to 'the forgotten continent'
Latin Routes director Dennison hails Chile for its efforts to control the spread of coronavirus, and looks ahead to restarting operations
Clive Wratten says BTA Cares will "throw its arms" around business travel workers
BTA presses minister on quarantine exemption for business travel
Association makes exemption plea during meeting with new aviation minister