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Rising holiday prices add to challenges faced by agents
Price hikes of increasing concern to the trade, agents tell TTG in latest TTG Travel Agent Tracker survey
Jet2 blames govt's traffic light regime for stalled summer
Airline and operator posts deeper first-half loss and expects losses to continue into 2022 as it invests in the rebound, but is confident of a return to normal operations next summer
Ireland introduces new Covid curbs and UK Day 2 tests under fire
Ireland becomes the latest EU country to restore Covid restrictions as cases rise on the continent, while the UK government comes in for criticism for its testing policy
Air travel recovery still being held back by ‘onerous’ UK rules
Industry leaders say UK continues to lag far behind other major European markets
Govt getting ‘better’ at removing failing Covid test providers
Consumer body Which? tells MPs that more test providers are being taken off govt list
Aviation industry warns lack of booster proof will be a ‘problem’
Travellers could be affected by being unable to prove they have received Covid booster jab
'Taxing domestic flying alone will increase, not reduce, the UK’s transport emissions'
Of the 127 domestic air routes in the UK, only 7 of them (6%) can be replaced by an electric train
Agent renews emotional plea for financial support
‘I actually thought I was done with Strawberry Travel at one point this summer,’ founder Kate Holroyd tells TTG as she prepares to hand-deliver 68 letters to her local council
Germany considers new lockdown and UK inflation soars
Rising numbers of new Covid-19 could see Germany become the next European country to reimpose restrictions, while UK household bills push up inflation
French ski season will go ahead, minister insists
Skiers will need to provide proof of full vaccination, past infection or a recent negative test, according to national news reports
Get booster to travel freely says govt and terror level raised
Tuesday’s national headlines focus on how travellers may need a booster jab to travel freely, as well as a rise in the UK’s terror threat level
Johnson: 'Booster jabs likely to be vital to travel'
Prime minister confirms the government does plan to expand the NHS’s vaccine certificate to accommodate booster jabs, and urges those looking to travel to get their boosters
Shapps embroiled in lobbying row over airfield protection
Department for Transport defends secretary of state following Sunday Times allegations Shapps has lobbied to protect airfields from being redeveloped for housing
Shapps lobbying row and Austria locks down unvaccinated
Transport secretary accused of fighting plans to redevelop airfields, while Austria is introducing a new lockdown for those unvaccinated against Covid-19
Inbound industry invited to map out recovery by MPs
Parliamentary committee is looking at how to promote the UK internationally
UK backs eight-point initiative to limit climate impact of aviation
’International action on tackling aviation emissions is essential given the global nature of the sector’
Asia specialist collapses citing lack of govt support for travel
‘This is not a choice we have made lightly but the reality is that we cannot foresee a future that would enable us to trade our way out of Covid uncertainties’
Shapps says travel should be 'guilt-free' despite climate imperatives
Transport secretary backs aviation and says flying ’not the ultimate evil’ as prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to return to Cop26 to hammer out a climate deal
Shapps backs aviation amid climate concerns and BA recruitment drive
Transport secretary says it’s okay to keep flying as Boris Johnson prepares to return to the negotiating table at Cop26 while BA is on the lookout for 4,000 new members of staff
'The pandemic has ravaged travel – but it can rebuild stronger'
’From governments to individual business, the question on everyone’s lips over the past 18 months has been how we can all ’build back better’,’ writes TTG editor Sophie Griffiths
US bookings surge upon 'crucial' reopening and govt widens vaccine acceptance
Airlines add more US flights after seeing uptick in demand ahead of the US reopening its borders to international travellers on Monday (8 November)
Leap in agency insolvencies and US reopens after 20 months
New figures show a rise in agency failures, but there is good news with the reopening of US borders for UK visitors for the first time since March 2020
Travellers could face restrictions without boosters and Cancun hotel shootout
More countries may require travellers to have top-up jab as a requirement of entry, while guests flee during gun battle at luxury resort in Mexico
Coalition will 'accelerate' tourism's transition to net-zero
Global leaders voiced their support to achieve sustainable travel at Cop26 on Wednesday (3 November)