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Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Go back to work urges PM and Facebook outage
Johnson to tell workers to return to the office while social media giant goes offline
Smaller travel businesses can now apply for a Cbils loan from the government
Southall Travel Group's Covid refunds exceed £110m
The group said it is also repaying all funding received from the UK government’s furlough scheme
'We’re getting to the point where we’re trading OK,' said Polka Dot's Mark Johnson (Credit: iStock)
Inching closer to the light: travel plots route out of pandemic chaos
Agents and operators have reported an improvement in trading as the industry seeks to start rebuilding from Covid – but the hard work begins now
The prime minister said the government would set out its lockdown exit strategy on 22 February (Credit: gov.uk)
Johnson set to slash red list this week, reports claim
Move could see list cut from 54 countries to as few as nine
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Traffic light system ends and red-list reduction hope
New travel rules come into effect while the red list could be slashed
The majority of destinations are currently classed as amber in the traffic lights system (Credit: benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)
Travel reopening ‘accelerating’ with end of traffic light system – Shapps
New “simplified” system for international travel now in place with a single red list of destinations
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Australia to end international travel ban from November
"It’s time to give Australians their lives back," PM Scott Morrison reportedly said
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Australia to reopen borders and airport drop-off fees probed
Australia has announced it will ease its Covid border controls, while new research shows airports coining it from drop-off charges
Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
Shapps: 'We're determined to get people travelling again'
Seven principles for ’aligned’ resumption of international travel agreed at meeting on G7 transport and health chiefs chaired by transport secretary on Thursday
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Consortia chiefs decry furlough end as 'major blow' for agents
Government figures from early September revealed nearly 27,000 agent and tour operator staff were still on furlough at the end of July
Government is looking to agree air bridges or travel corridors with holiday hotspots
Purpose of furlough 'wasted at last minute', says TransIndus boss
’Why lose the good work of the furlough scheme at the last minute and allow it to die out now?’ Amrit Singh tells BBC
Skylink ceased trading on Friday (Credit: Craig Whitehead / Unsplash)
'The chancellor must act to prevent a tidal wave of job losses'
’Government must not pull the rug out from under the feet of the travel industry,’ writes Liberal Democrat MP and treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine for TTG as furlough ends
Agencies are now having to cope with the closure of the government's furlough scheme (Credit: Laura Davidson/Unsplash)
Many agents set to continue working reduced hours as furlough ends
Industry fears another wave of redundancies after government withdraws job retention support
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Furlough scheme comes to an end while value of sterling falls
National titles explore the end of furlough and warn of the falling value of sterling, but there is good news for domestic operators in Thursday’s press headlines
What lasting impacts will Covid-19 have on aviation?
Govt aviation initiative gives glimpse of zero-emissions future
New projects awarded government cash will help support UK airports handle new types of electric and hydrogen aircraft
Sun Resorts sells its Kanuhura property in the Maldives
Foreign Office eases Covid-specific travel advice for Maldives and Egypt
FCDO no longer advising against all but essential travel to Maldives, Egypt, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Covid grounds
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Furlough job cuts expected and fresh warnings over loans
Firms face a tough period heading into autumn with the furlough set to be wound down in just a few days and repayments due on government-backed Covid loans
The UK government stresses that it does not "endorse or recommend any specific test provider" on its website
Pre-departure testing to end across UK next month
All four home nations to scrap pre-departure test requirement for fully vaccinated arrivals from 4 October
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No new powers to enforce Covid air ticket refunds – minister
Robert Courts intimates CAA won’t get any new powers to crack down on airlines that refused to refund customers for flights they couldn’t take at the height of the pandemic
95% of respondents reported new enquiries in the latest Tracker survey (Credit: Carlos Alberto Gomex Iniguez / Unsplash)
New enquiries hit highest level for six months
Latest TTG Travel Agent Tracker survey charts immediate effects of government concessions on travel rules and testing
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Covid airline refunds 'scrapped' and US travel warning
Govt quietly scraps plans for CAA crackdown on airline refunds while US medical chief urges mask-wearing for under-18 visitors
The new rules come into effect on Monday (Credit: Marten Bjork / Unsplash)
Ireland ends hotel quarantine for all arrivals
Those arriving in Ireland without vaccination proof or a negative PCR test will now have to quarantine at home
Travellers will still have to present a negative PCR test on arrival and provide daily health information for 14 consecutive days
Kenya removes quarantine for UK arrivals
Travellers over the age of five are still required to present a negative PCR test taken within 96 hours before arrival
Dooey: 'What the travel sector in Scotland needed from today’s statement (Tuesday) was a glimmer of hope'
SPAA: 'Testing changes confirmed too late to instil confidence'
“There’s unlikely to be a rush to the travel agents this weekend to book for October breaks during the school holidays"