Heathrow Airport has come under fire after a picture emerged of large crowds not socially distanced inside Heathrow’s Terminal 2 sparking fears of a super-spreading. The image was posted on social media by former British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott who captioned it “T2 Heathrow Friday afternoon. No ventilation. Long delays. [read more]
The UK Government is set to open the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme for English Airports in response to desperate calls for help from the industry. Aviation minister Robert Courts made the announcement saying that is was in response to the closure of air travel corridors from 04:00 tomorrow. [read more]
The UK Government is set to close all coronavirus travel corridors between the UK and other countries from 04:00hrs on Monday 18th January. The move means that all passengers arriving into the UK from Monday will need to quarantine for 10 days, which can be reduced to 5 if a [read more]
The UK is to ban air travel from South America and Portugal from 4am tomorrow morning amid fears of a new Brazilian variant of Coronavirus. Announcing the move on social media, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “I’ve taken the urgent decision to BAN ARRIVALS from ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BOLIVIA, CAPE VERDE, [read more]
The UK has pushed back its requirement for all passengers arrving into England to have proof of a negative COVID test 72-hours prior to arrival. The rules were originally due to come into force today but have now been pushed back to Monday 18th January. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced [read more]
As the UK enters a new phase of lockdown many General Aviation pilots have queried whether they are still allowed to fly their aircraft, the short answer is no, with some specific exceptions. What you can do Carry out Engine Health and Maintenance Flights, but only where there is a [read more]
The UK Government has announced that from next week international travellers arriving into England will need to provide a negative test for COVID-19 taken 72 hours prior to arrival before being allowed entry into the country. The new rule will apply to any traveller arriving into the UK by Air, [read more]
Thomas Cook and TUI have cancelled all holidays from the UK as the new national lockdown takes effect to try and beat the growing number of Coronavirus infections. TUI said that passengers due to travel from airports in England before mid-February, or from a Scottish or Welsh airport up to [read more]
Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) has resumed transit flights from the UK to countries including Australia and New Zealand via Changi. Transit passengers from the UK were barred last month by the Singapore Government but Singapore Airlines has secured a special dispensation to allow passengers to transit to Auckland, New Zealand and [read more]
Russia & India are the latest two countries to join a growing list of countries to ban travel to and from the UK. Russia is suspending flights from the UK for 7 days while India is blocking all flights until New Year’s Eve from Wednesday. The move is in response [read more]
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