Travel chaos as Heathrow’s computer system crashes and staff forced to isolate August 3, 2021 Passengers arriving at Heathrow are being forced to queue in lines as long as a quarter of a mile due to a combination of isolating staff and the repeated failure of a new £372m computer system. An outbreak of coronavirus cases among Border Force staff meant that more than one in four of them was [...]
Quarantine lifted for double-jabbed US and EU travellers as ministers discuss amber watchlist August 2, 2021 Fully-vaccinated travellers from the EU and the USA are now able to enter the UK without quarantining. The government announced the new scheme – which came into effect at 4 am this morning – last week, saying it could help reunite friends and family who live abroad. People coming from France are still required to [...]
Katie Hopkins deported from Australia over controversial quarantine behaviour July 19, 2021 British right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins will be deported from Australia for bragging about her plans to disobey hotel quarantine measures. On Friday, she joked about opening the door “naked with no face mask” to workers delivering her meals in an Instagram Live recorded from her Sydney hotel room. The post has since been deleted. Ms [...]
France placed under new ‘amber plus’ quarantine rules in last minute government U-turn July 17, 2021 Double-vaccinated travellers from France to the UK will still have to quarantine on return from Monday, after a last minute U-turn announced by the government late on Friday night. As the majority of England’s coronavirus restrictions are dropped on 19 July, fully vaccinated adults arriving to the UK from “amber list” countries will not be [...]
Face mask mandate to stay for airports and flights July 16, 2021 Travellers will still be required to wear face masks after English legal restrictions ease, UK airports and airlines said in a joint statement today. Passengers who refuse to wear a mask will be denied boarding for both domestic and international flights. Children and those with medical reasons preventing them from wearing a mask will continue [...]
Airlines begin checking vaccination status as end to quarantine beckons July 7, 2021 Heathrow trial with BA and Virgin readies staff and travellers ahead of end to quarantine rules
Ibiza and Mallorca holidays under threat as Spain joins Portugal in demanding Brits prove vaccination status June 28, 2021 Holidaymakers saw their plans thrown into disarray today as Spain announced that British travellers to the Balearic islands would have to show either proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test. The move comes just days after Mallorca and Ibiza were placed on the government’s travel “green list”, prompting a rapid surge in bookings. But [...]
UK green list: Airline stocks sink as update adding Ibiza, Malta and Mallorca underwhelms June 25, 2021 UK green list updates: Malta, Madeira, Ibiza, Mallorca and Barbados added
Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers’ plea to ‘save summer holidays’ June 23, 2021 Travel industry protest: Airline and tourism workers' plea to 'save summer holidays'
Pandemic crash: Almost 200,000 UK travel jobs lost or at risk due to Covid crisis June 17, 2021 Around 195,000 people working in the UK travel industry have either lost their job or are at risk of losing their job due to the Covid-19 crisis. The sector employs around 526,000 people across the UK in ordinary times, meaning that more than a third (37 per cent) of all jobs in the sector face [...]