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Abta-led Save Future Travel Coalition makes fresh plea to chancellor to help ‘forgotten sector’

Air passenger demand down two-thirds in 2020, ’by far the sharpest traffic decline in aviation history’

Boris Johnson confirms update imminent on protracted hotel quarantine policy roll-out

Govt asked why Covid ’will only arrive on direct flights’

Travel Industry Alliance joins government’s Future of Aviation All-Party Parliamentary Group

First minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms new Covid border measures, while SPAA urges ministers to chart travel’s emergence from Covid

Aito urges government to encourage foreign holiday bookings

Number 10 declines to confirm rumoured 15 February start date, which would come the best part of a month after the policy was first aired

Tourism Business Continuity Scheme designed to support tourism businesses that missed out on previous support and grant initiatives

The #SaveTravel manifesto urges prime minister Boris Johnson and his cabinet to act to protect industry jobs

Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said writes for TTG on the government’s continuing failure to understand ‘travel’ and its complex eco-system

“Get followers. Get a tan. Get the virus," warns new social media post

Transport secretary Grant Shapps says up to £8 million support available to each individual airport

Many travel entrepreneurs have been excluded from the government’s support schemes but is this about to change?

Boss Steve Norris calls for ‘transparent exit plan’ for travel following hotel quarantine policy move

TTG’s petition calls on government to engage with the travel industry, provide dedicated support – and protect jobs

Any exemptions usually in place will not apply, including for business travel

High cost of PCR tests could discourage bookings from families this summer

Former transport minister expects quick bounceback for industry once crisis ends

Association says there remains significant gaps in support for homeworkers and the self-employed

Picture for summer 2021 holidays should become clearer in the spring

Former PM brands current border restrictions around the world ‘disjointed’ and calls on Boris Johnson to put a global travel pass on the G7 agenda

Industry urged to back latest action to urge government to publish a road map out of the Covid crisis for travel

Government must draw up a roadmap out of the Covid crisis, provide dedicated financial support for travel and work with the sector to save jobs