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Air

UK unveils aviation charter to tackle airport disruption

The British government launched an ‘Aviation Passenger Charter’ to help passengers know their rights if they are faced with problems at airports


Features

COMMENT: Will things change?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sunk, rather like his grandiose Thames Estuary Airport scheme.


Europe

UK scraps all remaining Covid-19 travel measures from 18 March

Transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has confirmed that all remaining Covid-19 travel measures will be scrapped in the coming days


Europe

UK lifts all testing rules for vaccinated travellers

Vaccinated travellers can enter the UK without taking any coronavirus tests, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to COVID-19


Air

UK unveils proposals to boost airline passenger rights

Outlined by transport secretary Grant Shapps, the UK government has unveiled proposals designed to make it easier for airline customers to seek justice from unfair practices in the industry


Europe

UK removes last 7 countries from COVID-19 travel ‘Red List’ from 1 November

UK will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus “red list”, which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine


Europe

UK cuts travel red list to seven countries

The UK government has confirmed 47 countries and territories will be removed from its red list, making it easier for more people to travel abroad to a larger number of countries and territories


Features

UK to remove current traffic light system and testing in October

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that the current traffic system that categorises countries in green, amber and red based on safety as well as the required pre-departure testing will be scrapped starting October 4.


Europe

UK health secretary signals end of PCR Covid-19 tests for travel

Britain’s health secretary Sajid Javid signalled that a requirement for expensive PCR tests for COVID-19 for international travellers arriving in Britain would be dropped


Europe

UK moves India from red to amber list on 8 August. Here’s how it will boost travel plans

Fully vaccinated Indians flying to the UK will no longer need mandatory 10-day hotel quarantine as India has been moved from the country’s ‘red’ to ‘amber’ list


Americas

England to allow unquarantined travel from US and EU if vaccinated

People fully vaccinated in the United States and European Union – except France – will be allowed to travel to England without having to quarantine on arrival, the UK government announced


Australia

Will this be the new way of international travel?

More countries are beginning to plan to open their international borders and new systems have been unveiled that make departure and arrivals very structured and organised.


Features

International travel in the UK could resume on May 17, says Global Travel Taskforce

The latest recommendations from UK’s Global Travel Taskforce showed that international travel in the country could resume not earlier than 17 May 2021.


Europe

UK to initiate pre-arrival Covid-19 testing

All international passengers will soon have to test negative for Covid-19 before travelling to the UK under new government plans


Europe

Brexit-proof and Covid-friendly locations for 2021

Holiday Extras has predicted which locations will be top of the bucket-list as holidaymakers navigate the first year of travel post-Brexit, alongside coronavirus


England

England announces new quarantine exemptions for ‘high-value’ business travellers

England has announced new quarantine exemptions for high-value business travellers, performing arts professionals, journalists and certain others


Air

UK reduces quarantine policy to five days for holiday travel during Christmas

Travellers arriving in the UK now will be able to reduce their self-isolation period from 14 to five days starting next month if they test negative for the coronavirus


Associations

Portugal now added in UK’s ‘safe travel list’

The Department for Transport in the UK has confirmed that UK visitors to Portugal will no longer have to quarantine on return from the country


Aruba

France, the Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks & Caicos and Aruba removed from UK’s safe travel list

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced six more countries that have been added to the UK’s travel quarantine list.