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Steve Heapy said Jet2 looked at its numbers again following the collapse of Thomas Cook
Heapy urges govt to 'take the handbrake off international travel'
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays boss frustrated by lack of destinations on green list with ’no discernible reason’ for their omission
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Third of inbound operators face closure without extra govt support
UKinbound urges chancellor to support inbound sector to survive through the winter
Eurostar services will not be stopping at Ashford or Ebbsfleet until 2022
Eurostar to up timetable as bank holiday weekend spurs recovery
Five daily London-Paris returns and three daily London-Brussels returns to operate from September
Trailfinders' London HQ
Trailfinders ups pressure on government over testing
Firm follows up call to scrap PCR testing on return with proposal for new regime to catch variants
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Afghanistan fallout continues; Covid impact on English attractions laid bare
Prime minister Boris Johnson and foreign secretary Dominic Raab under fire in Thursday’s national headlines, while VisitEngland has revealed the impact of Covid on the country’s attractions
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That’s the question industry experts will be addressing as the sector braces for the end of furlough and the looming Atol deadline.
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States of flux: When will the US reopen to the world?
As the US continues to deny entry to international tourists, Gary Noakes reports on how agents and operators are handling rising demand for US breaks
The UK government stresses that it does not "endorse or recommend any specific test provider" on its website
Watchdog 'too slow to react' to PCR travel test complaints
Ex-Competition and Markets Authority chair Lord Tyrie said PCR tests have become a "predictable Covid rip-off"
Kuoni will offer Covid testing packages (Credit: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
Trailfinders questions the ‘purpose’ of using PCR tests for travel
Travel firm draws attention to the low number of positive tests being checked for new variants
MP Helen Hayes has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak about extending the furlough scheme for the travel sector (Credit: gov.uk)
MP backs #SaveTravelJobs and makes plea to ministers
Labour’s Helen Hayes has written to Sunak and Shapps to push travel industry’s key demands
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Covid testing 'rip-off' and chaos at Kabul airport
National headlines continue to be dominated by the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday (17 August)
Tui has said it won't require its guests to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to travel
Booster jabs could be compulsory for overseas travel – reports
People wanting to get away abroad will have to be up-to-date with their Covid-19 jabs, The Mail on Sunday reports citing a government source
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Travel unimpressed by cut in NHS test prices for travel
The cost for international arrivals will be reduced from £88 to £68 for one test booked through Corporate Travel Management (CTM)
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Branson sells $300m space business stake to support Virgin Atlantic
It comes a month after Branson became the first billionaire to successfully launch a fully crewed private flight into space with Virgin Galactic
The aircraft crashed en route to Kerala (Credit: Naveed Ahmed / Unsplash)
Foreign Office eases India travel advice
Covid-specific advice not to travel to country based on latest assessment of Covid risk lifted by FCDO – a week after India was restored to the UK’s amber list
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Scotland's Covid pass worries and 'vouchers for vaccination'
Edinburgh airport chief Gordon Dewar has hit out at the lack of a digital vaccine pass for Scotland, while several travel firms are offering discount vouchers to encourage vaccination
Travel leaders were united in their damnation of the government's 'amber plus' category (Credit: iStock)
Travel not out the woods yet as consumer confidence stalls
The relaxation of Covid travel rules has raised industry hopes, but bosses are demanding more support with two months’ of summer yet to save
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Some travel test firms 'not charging VAT' - reports
One invoice for a Covid-19 self-testing kit from Eurofins, charged at £44.90, stated that zero VAT had been charged
The testing centres opened on Thursday (3 December)
'Onerous and expensive' PCR tests 'holding back' aviation recovery
MAG said volumes had picked up slightly since the traffic light system review on 4 August but remain "significantly" below pre-pandemic levels
Wharariki Beach, Puponga, New Zealand. Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash
New Zealand to remain closed until 2022 - reports
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern reportedly said the country would "cautiously" reopen in 2022
The majority of destinations are currently classed as amber in the traffic lights system (Credit: benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)
PwC report: Quarantine 'still biggest barrier' to booking holidays
Having to isolate, either in-destination or when returning to the UK, remains the biggest hurdle to international travel this summer, according to new research
BA is suspending its operations at Gatwick
Scrap all Covid tests for green list countries, urges Gatwick
Airport calls for UK government to “simplify” current travel rules
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Competition regulator 'will not hesitate' over action on test providers
The CMA has been asked to examine the controversial subject of PCR travel tests by health secretary Sajid Javid, with the watchdog promising a response “within the next month”
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
UK test prices ‘highest in Europe’ as pressure grows on govt
The government is coming under mounting pressure to regulate the travel testing market