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Marella boss eyeing 'second half of summer' for overseas cruising clarity

Chris Hackney said he believed there was "likely to be some movement" on international sailings towards the end of summer

Recovery grants for agents and ops among Save Future Travel Coalition demands

The group also seeks an exemption of PCR tests from VAT

US govt to ban travel to around 80% of countries worldwide

Department of State to review and update its current travel advisories, which it said was likely to result in a ‘significant increase’ in the number of countries on its ‘do not travel’ list

Shapps: 'We're considering a more lax approach to testing this summer'

Transport secretary moots ‘bring a bottle’ approach to Covid tests

Sturgeon plays down prospect of 17 May restart for Scotland

First minister says no international travel until at least 17 May, ’and possibly a period after that’

Govt warned airport queues could worsen after 17 May

’There needs to be a solution – is there going to be something in place by 17 May? I’m not certain there is,’ Lucy Moreton from the Immigration Service Union tells Sky News

Former Cook boss to chair UK shipping regulator

Christopher Rodrigues has been chair of Britain’s largest port, the Port of London, since 2016

SPAA accuses Sturgeon of 'fast-tracking travel's collapse'

Scottish first minister provokes anger with comments on travel restart

Govt ponders VAT exemption to cut Covid testing costs

Holidaymakers could benefit from total VAT exemption for Covid testing

Analysis: The outlook for travel and Covid testing

Will testing turn travel’s roadmap into a roadblock?

Lengthy border checks put UK restart at risk – Iata

‘When international travel ramps up from 17 May, it’s critical passengers are not left queuing for hours for manual checking of vaccine and testing certificates,’ said the association

Tui urges Cyprus to reduce Covid test prices this summer

Operator says holidaymakers will not be ‘able to bear’ the cost of multiple tests

'Govt just doesn't understand the interconnectivity of travel'

Lack of understanding of travel within Westminster holding back any form of ‘meaningful recovery’ across the sector, latest TTG Debate told

'Wait for traffic light categories before booking' – minister

Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts says people should wait just a little longer before booking overseas travel for the full categorisation of countries under the government’s new traffic light system

Abta renews call for resolution on posted workers

Chief Mark Tanzer has written to minister of state Lord Frost setting out the association’s concerns with 15,000-20,000 travel roles potentially at risk

Govt not deliberately delaying resumption of travel – minister

‘We are trying to protect public health, but seeking to unlock travel,’ aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts told the transport committee

Travel firms 'living on thin air for over a year', Tanzer tells MPs

‘The fact that we’ve gone through Easter with travel being illegal means there’s even more pressure on the summer season’

Minister pledges to address testing cost concerns

Aviation and maritime Robert Courts tells transport committee there are a ‘number of different ways’ government could look to ease testing costs for travellers

Minister plays down prospect of new 'island policy'

Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts tells transport committee government will continue to assess the Global Travel Taskforce’s framework to restart international travel during a series of checkpoints

MPs pledge to ‘drill down’ into price of UK PCR testing

Transport Committee chair Huw Merriman said the cost of test components would need to be explored ahead of international travel restarting

'Green should mean green' – EasyJet chief calls for test-free ‘green route’ travel

‘When you’re flying to and from low-risk countries, we don’t believe they should need any testing at all’

EasyJet boss expects ‘majority’ of European countries to make ‘green list’

‘We still lack the scientific rationale why green countries should require testing at all’

'Taskforce expects industry "to be flexible" with consumers’ bookings'

For countries on the “amber list”, travellers will be required to submit to the same testing but will also be required to self-isolate. Travellers from amber-list countries will be able to take advantage of the “test to release” scheme (on day five). Similar to the current rules, travellers from a “red-list” country will be required to enter managed quarantine at a hotel for a period of 10 days, as well as testing (but will not be able to use the “test to release” scheme).

EasyJet 'ready to ramp up operations' as European vaccine roll-out 'picks up pace'

Customers are booking closer to departure and visibility remains limited, it said