The UK Government is expected to announce which countries will feature under which colour on the COVID traffic light system later this week. The system will allow travel without the need to self-isolate for 14 days on return to countries that appear on the green list but this list could [read more]
A government adviser has indicated that it is “highly unlikely” that Brits will be taking European holidays this summer in another blow to holiday companies. Bookings for Summer holidays have soared in the wake of the roadmap out of lockdown announced by the UK Government but cases of COVID-19 cases [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has today launched its new Covid-19 Travel Wallet designed to make it easier for passengers flying with the airline. The travel wallet is located within the Ryanair App and makes it easy for passengers to upload their negative PCR tests, Covid vaccination certificates and any [read more]
New quarantine rules for passengers arriving into the UK come into force today which means passengers arriving from red list countries will have to stay in specially arranged hotels for 10 days at their own expense. The new rules mean that anyone arriving from a red list country must book [read more]
France is set to close its borders to non-EU nationals in tough new border restrictions as Coronavirus cases in the country remain some of the highest in Europe. The move closes the country to all non-Europeans from Sunday unless their travel is absolutely necessary although the French prime minister Jean [read more]
In a stroke of good news after months of border closures and travel bans, India is allowing UK flights into the country once more. Hardeep Singh Puri, the civil aviation minister, announced on 1 January that flights between India and the UK would resume starting 8 January. This comes shortly [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]
Germany and France have joined other EU countries in banning travel from the UK in a bid to halt the spread of a new strain of Coronavirus. The move means no air travel will now be allowed to Germany or France as well as Ireland, Austria, Italy, Belgium and Holland [read more]
In as disastrous day for the UK travel industry the UK’s neighbour Ireland is set to impose a blockade on flights and ferry travel from mainland UK. Initially, the restrictions will be imposed for 48 hours before being reviewed by the Irish government on Tuesday. The restrictions come just hours [read more]
Key UK airports have begun to scale back their operations as the latest coronavirus lockdown begins to bite and they prepare for the winter of low air travel demand ahead. England is in a lockdown until 2nd December so non-essential travel is banned and Wales has also outlawed non-essential air [read more]
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