The US Government has finally said it will be relaxing travel rules for fully vaccinated passengers from the United Kingdom and EU countries from November. Under the new rules, which replace a miss-match of different restrictions introduced by ousted President Donald Trump, passengers who have had both jabs will be [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has returned its summer figures which show passenger numbers were down 66% compared to pre-pandemic levels. July and August saw just 1.2m passengers pass through the terminals at London Luton compared to 3.6m in the same period of 2019. The airport says that despite the success [read more]
The managing director of Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has hit out at the UK Governments covid travel system which she claims is holding back the recovery of UK airports compared to Europe. In a statement, Karen Smart said that “While it is encouraging that more people are taking the opportunity to [read more]
Double-jabbed Passengers arriving from the United States of America and the EU will no longer need to self-isolate from next week. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that the UK Government will recognise US and EU digital and paper coronavirus vaccine certificates for those who have had approved vaccines. The new [read more]
An inquiry has been launched by the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC) to explore the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on Scottish airports. The committee, which is chaired by SNP MP Pete Wishart, will look into the impact that covid-19 had on communities using airports in Scotland, many of which are [read more]
Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca are being added back to the UK’s amber coronavirus travel list just two weeks after they were given the green light for holidays. The popular Spanish Balearic Islands were given the green light on the 24th June but the UK government announced today that from Monday, [read more]
Passengers who have had both COVID-19 vaccination jabs will no longer have to self-isolate when returning to the UK from countries on the amber travel list from. the 19th July. Transport secretary Grant Shapps MP announced the move today saying: “I can confirm today from 19 July UK residents who [read more]
The UK’s largest regional airline has today confirmed that despite the easing of Coronavirus restrictions, it will still require passengers to wear a mask on its flights after 19th July. The airline led the way with mask wearing being the first in the UK to require it for all passengers, [read more]
British Holidaymakers are set to return to the white sands of Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca as the Spanish Balearic Islands are put on the UK Governments green travel list. The move means that Brits will be able to travel the islands without the need to quarantine on return to the [read more]
The travel industry including trade bodies such as ABTA, airports, airlines and unions have begun a day of action and protest to demonstrate how it was one of the hardest-hit industries in the pandemic and the way the government has handled international travel. The UK’s largest airport group, Manchester Airports [read more]
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