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Govt to reveal destinations' traffic light status 'by early May'
Countries will be sorted into green, amber and red categories, while a new ‘green watchlist’ will be created for countries at risk of being relegated to amber status
Skylink ceased trading on Friday (Credit: Craig Whitehead / Unsplash)
Industry’s ‘resilience’ may have allowed govt to ignore pleas for support
The relatively small number of failures within travel could have ‘played against’ industry campaign
The swab test process is expected to take less than 30 minutes
Covid air travel measures must not become ‘permanent’
Iata’s Walsh says testing and vaccine passports should be removed after health crisis
Antigen tests tend to be quicker and cheaper than PCR testing (Credit: Medakit)
MPs urge govt to limit testing cost and burden to travellers
Henry Smith, chair of the government’s all-party Future of Aviation Group, says any cost to travellers arising from testing must be kept to a minimum
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Renew passports now to avoid backlog, govt says
Home Office warns of delays in renewing passports this summer
Responsible Travel believes its time to tax polluters more heavily – including airlines
Cheap, rapid testing critical to restart, say aviation chiefs
Airlines UK and Airport Operators Association welcome prime minister’s hint that lateral flow testing for Covid-19 could be used to satisfy the UK’s post-arrival testing requirements
Testing and vaccine certification likely to play a key role in restarting international, according to new national press reports (Credit: Artur Tumasjan/Unsplash)
Johnson: 'We've not given up on 17 May'
Prime minister says he understands people’s ’impatience’ to book holidays and get away
Antigen tests tend to be quicker and cheaper than PCR testing (Credit: Medakit)
Johnson hints at unlocking travel with cheaper testing
Prime minister says he has taken onboard comments from easyJet boss Johan Lundgren about the cost of mandatory testing pricing people out of international travel when it resumes
Heathrow's passenger numbers fell to their lowest level since 1966 in February (Credit: Heathrow airport)
'Couldn't the PM have stuck to his word, just for once?'
‘As ever, this government had hyped something up, which they then failed to deliver,’ says TTG editor Sophie Griffiths of Boris Johnson’s Easter Monday update on international travel
Government support can't be a last resort of aviation, Lundgren says
Lundgren: Govt must signal traffic light changes promptly
EasyJet chief calls on government to commit to giving sufficient notice of any changes in a destination’s traffic light grading, and to provide data for its decisions
The TSSA has called for the creation of a dedicated 'minister for travel' post
Aito accuses govt of 'sabotage' with 'don't book' advice
‘This is death by back-stabbing,’ said Aito chair Chris Rowles
The prime minister said the government would set out its lockdown exit strategy on 22 February (Credit: gov.uk)
Govt advises against booking summer holidays until 'picture is clearer'
The PM remains “hopeful” however that international travel can resume from 17 May
Virgin's proposed new Pakistan routes will get under way in December (Credit: Abuzar Xheikh / Unsplash)
Pakistan among four countries to be added to govt 'red list'
Travel to England from Pakistan, Philippines, Kenya and Bangladesh to be banned for all but British, Irish and third-country nationals with residence rights from 4am on Friday
The measures were outlined in chancellor Rishi Sunak's March budget
Travel agencies urged to apply for Restart Grants
Non-essential retail businesses can apply for grants of up to £6,000 per premises
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12 countries could be on ‘green list’ for travel from May
New analysis reveals a dozen countries could open up for holidaymakers without UK quarantine restrictions
Nigel Huddleston will close TTG's Agenda 2021 conference on Tuesday 8 December
Tourism minister rejects travel's 'abandonment' claims
Nigel Huddleston reiterates claim made to TTG last year that government support for travel and tourism went beyond that received by other sectors
The app will certify pre-departure test results and Covid vaccination status (Credit: Iata)
Iata to launch Travel Pass app in mid-April
Virgin Atlantic among airlines set to trial digital travel health pass
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EU pledges to make green pass 'work' for third countries
The bloc’s digital Covid pass is due to launch in June
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Europe must set global example for tourism restart
UNWTO calls for ’strong and coordinated political action’ ahead of peak summer season
'We have turned on each other and we must stop'
Atol security 'risks pushing businesses over the edge'
‘Everyone is asking for cash security now; merchant acquirers want it up front, even financial failure insurers – now we’ve got the CAA asking for it’
UKinbound: 'Travel cannot afford 'stop-start' recovery'
UKinbound: 'Travel cannot afford 'stop-start' recovery'
Trade body highlights three key demands to government following taskforce submission
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Johnson told foreign holidays essential to economic recovery
Group of more than 40 parliamentarians write to prime minister urging him not to delay lifting the UK’s ban on overseas leisure travel
Aviation and maritime minister Robert Courts
'Minister, don’t you dare tell the travel industry to be patient'
If I had any doubts as to whether the UK government understands – or is even concerned – by the pressures facing the UK travel industry, they were swiftly quashed during our interview with Robert Courts last week.
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Govt at risk of overlooking consumers' restart concerns
Consumer watchdog Which? urges government’s Global Travel Taskforce to consult travelling public ahead of proposed restart of international travel