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The new bilateral deal will allow UK-US travel to continue once the UK’s EU transition period expires (Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine/Unsplash)
Travel and aviation leaders unite to call for resumption of transatlantic travel
Rallying cry comes ahead of G7 summit in Cornwall, starting on Friday (11 June)
The Treasury committee has said targeted support is vital heading into winter
Travel industry urged to get behind 'day of action'
The day, which will include a protest, is intended to put pressure on the govt to support a safe return to travel in time for peaks
Portugal is one of only a number of viable destinations on the UK government's green list (Credit: Algarve Tourism Board)
Hancock and Gove blocked 'green watchlist' – reports
’Heated’ cabinet meeting last week understood to have sealed Portugal’s fate and prevented Malta from being added to the UK government’s green list
In TTG: Business disruption payouts pain; P&O chief interview
In TTG: Business disruption payouts pain; P&O chief interview
June’s issue of TTG is packed full of expert analysis and features, exclusives and interviews
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Portugal exodus sparks testing chaos as Spain reopens
Thousands leaving Portugal before new quarantine rules kick in on Tuesday puts strain on country’s testing capacity
Tim Alderslade from Airlines UK has asked chancellor Rishi Sunak for a "comprehensive" package of measures
Airlines UK demands clarity from Shapps over traffic light changes
Alderslade has a series of questions about the methodology used to determine a country’s status in regards to the opening of international travel
Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
Thousands call for vote of no confidence in Grant Shapps
Dozens of travel industry professionals have signed and shared a petition
The majority of destinations are currently classed as amber in the traffic lights system (Credit: benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)
Portugal and UAE blast 'illogical' traffic light update
Chief of Portugal’s national health council said the decision by the UK government to remove Portugal from its green list was ’an over-reaction’
Portugal is one of only a number of viable destinations on the UK government's green list (Credit: Algarve Tourism Board)
Foreign Office yet to change travel advice to Portugal
FCDO has not added destination to its advice against all non-essential travel
The event had been due to be held in Madeira (Credit: Stephen Lammens/Unsplash)
Madeira condemns amber list move as ‘unfair’
Portuguese islands call for an “urgent review” into UK government’s decision
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Join the next Agenda 2021 event: Surviving the summer
How can the travel industry survive the summer? That’s the question TTG will be asking at the next Agenda 2021 seminar, taking place on 6 July.
Abta has been calling for changes to place RCNs on a legal basis for several months
Travel industry protest at parliament planned for next week
It is planned to coincide with a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons on support for the aviation, travel and tourism Industries
Smaller travel businesses can now apply for a Cbils loan from the government
Target unveils six financial measures to support agents
Campaign group creates list of financial policies government can introduce to help agents.
The Twitterstorm will take place at 2pm on Tuesday (Credit: Brett Jordan / Unsplash)
Join today's #SaveTravel Twitterstorm at 4pm
The Twitterstorm will be directed at transport secretary Grant Shapps and prime minister Boris Johnson, calling for urgent support for the UK’s beleaguered travel industry
Sunak and Shapps in industry Twitterstorm firing line
Write to your MP and help #SaveTravel this summer
TTG Media is relaunching its #SaveTravel campaign after the government’s latest traffic light update, which has effectively closed the UK’s borders for leisure travel this summer
Aito chair Chris Rowles has called again on govt to take time to listen to travel's pleas
Pay up now PM, demands trade after Portugal decision
Travel associations step up calls for sector specific support from government
Heathrow's passenger numbers fell to their lowest level since 1966 in February (Credit: Heathrow airport)
Govt to lift red list flight ban on trial basis
From Tuesday (8 June), dedicated terminals at Heathrow and Birmingham airports will open up to a limited number of flights from red list countries previously subject to flight bans
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays pushes back restart to July
Airline and operator’s flights and holidays to resume from 1 July, with its programme and policies to be reviewed in line with the government’s three-weekly traffic light reviews
Dooey: 'What the travel sector in Scotland needed from today’s statement (Tuesday) was a glimmer of hope'
SPAA: 'We're back to holiday hokey cokey'
Association warns UK government’s decision to remove Portugal from its green list risks a return to a situation similar to last summer’s stop-start travel corridor regime
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Summer holiday 'chaos' as Portugal questions amber list move
Travel industry warns of ’lost summer’ following green list decision, while Portugal questions UK government’s ’logic’ after being relegated to amber list
Petherbridge said he expects the government's additional £5 billion in retail grants to extend to travel agents
Abta urges agents to invite MPs into their shops
Association wants trade to up the pressure on parliament ahead of a second Westminster debate on support for the travel sector
The transport secretary's comments were widely criticised throughout travel (Credit: BBC News)
Portugal removed from green list due to 'Nepal mutation'
Transport secretary says government’s “safety first” approach is designed to protect 21 June domestic unlocking
It is hoped the stamp of approval will boost consumer confidence in the country's tourism sector
Despair as Portugal relegated to govt's amber list
’Government must look at the evidence and stop this illogical, over-cautious approach that is killing a once thriving industry’
Tui is adding a further three weekly Portugal flights
Portugal green list status in doubt as travel awaits govt update
The BBC and Sky News report Portugal will be moved from the UK government’s green list to the amber list, and that there will be no additions to the green list on Thursday