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Abta: Govt plan to restart travel 'lacking crucial details'

‘We also urgently need the chancellor to present a plan of tailored financial support for the travel industry,’ writes the association’s director of public affairs, Luke Petherbridge, for TTG

Mixed outlook for agents as high street reopens

Pent-up demand for travel is high, but the lack of clarity on the government’s proposed new traffic light system continues to stifle bookings, agents have said

Tui still planning for 17 May restart

Travel giant hopeful of prompt resumption of travel this spring

Scotland's islands to reopen to visitors from late April

Loganair welcomes decision by first minister Nicola Sturgeon to align islands’ restrictions with those of the rest of the country so travel can ’operate more normally’ from 26 April

Israel to welcome vaccinated tourists from 23 May

Group visitors will have to return a negative PCR test result for Covid before flying to Israel, and undergo a serological test to prove their vaccination on arrival

Join the latest TTG Seminar on 22 April: red, amber, green – but is it Go for travel?

Join the latest TTG Seminar as we dissect the Global Travel Taskforce report on 22 April at 2pm

Inghams extends summer 2022 price freeze until end of April

Operator cites ‘little clarity’ from government on travel restart for its decision

Consumer spend with agents picking up as lockdown eases

New figures from Barclaycard show month-on-month increases in spending on travel services during Q1 2021

Which countries will open to Brits this summer, and when?

Several countries have announced plans to reopen to British tourists in the coming months – so which destinations will be open for business when we are allowed to travel again?

Aito: 'It’s incredible how resilient members have been'

Aito’s Chris Rowles, Bharat Gadhoke and Martyn Sumners reflect on a "rollercoaster" year for the association and its members

'It's the nearest thing we’ve had to an honest and coherent policy since the crisis began'

The key question is: at what point does the customer have the right to cancel or amend?

What the ‘traffic lights’ mean for travellers

Destinations will be placed in green, amber or red lists from early May

Govt extends backing for Air Travel Trust fund to 2022

Move has been announced as part of Global Travel Taskforce report

Aito dismisses GTT plan as ‘mere sop’ to industry

Association highlights “pricey” Covid tests to even the lowest risk “green” destinations

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays pushes restart back to late-June

All flights and holidays due to depart up to an on 23 June cancelled says airline and operator

Taskforce report 'another hammer blow' for business travel

Business Travel Association says framework provides the sector ‘no more certainty’ than it had from Boris Johnson on Monday

High price of UK PCR Covid tests exposed in new study

Research reveals PCR tests cost double in the UK compared with European destinations

'Global Travel Taskforce gives reasons to be positive – but test costs must come down'

Let’s be clear – the GTT report was never going to be everything the travel industry wanted

'This is not the reopening of travel as promised by ministers'

Mixed response to Global Travel Taskforce framework for resumption of international travel from aviation sector

Shapps: 'I'm no longer advising people against booking holidays'

Transport secretary says people can potentially start thinking about their summer holidays, and will be able to make decisions on the travel plans with greater confidence in two to three weeks’ time

Abta welcomes 'ambitious but imperfect' taskforce report

Much-needed framework offers hope of 17 May restart, says Abta, but association also urges govt to address concerns over cost of testing and look again at targeted financial support for travel

Govt pledges to cut Covid testing costs for leisure travellers

The Global Travel Taskforce has committed to working with the travel industry and the testing sector to reduce costs

Global Travel Taskforce sets out plans to restart travel from May

A ‘green watchlist’, additional enforcement powers for the CAA and a new Covid-19 passenger charter are among plans to restart international travel this summer, amid hopes travel could still resume in May

CAA to be given greater enforcement powers to act on airlines

Additional enforcement powers will allow the authority to take action against airlines that have breached consumer rights