Grant Shapps today hailed plans to cut Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights – but hinted that foreign travel costs might have to rise as a result. The Transport Secretary said the current system where return journeys within the UK could face a higher levy than trips abroad was ‘bizarre’. In a round of broadcast … Read more
Air passenger duty on domestic flights could be slashed under plans to boost connectivity in the UK – as Boris Johnson’s ambitious plan for a tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland moves a step closer. The Prime Minister is set to launch a consultation this spring on reforming the tax – paid on all passenger … Read more
Vaccine passports have landed in the UK as the International Air Transport Association trials an app with an airline between Singapore and London. The phone software from IATA stores evidence of a negative Covid test as well as the facility to store evidence travellers have had coronavirus vaccinations. It is being trialled over the next few … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted it did not perform contact tracing on flights that some of the earliest patients with the UK and Brazil coronavirus variants were on. In one weekly report, the federal health agency discussed a patient who traveled to the UK and came back infected with the … Read more
Britons desperate to enjoy a summer holiday this year were given a boost today as Ryanair announced plans to slash ticket prices for a year, and P&O unveiled a series of ‘staycation cruises’ to beat the ban on international travel. Michael O’Leary, CEO of the budget airline, hopes to resume up to 70 per cent … Read more
Qantas plans for international flights to return by the end of October – just as Australia’s vaccination program ends – as it reveals losses of $1BILLION over the past six months Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the billion dollar loss was ‘stark but not surprising’ The loss was thanks to a $6.9 billion Covid-related loss … Read more
Jet2 has cancelled all holidays and flights until April 14 due to travel restrictions and growing uncertainty over when lockdown will end. The holiday giant said it was handing out full refunds for holidaymakers who have had their travel plans scrapped. Jet2 had previously announced plans to suspend their services until late March, but the … Read more
In a move it’s claimed will ‘shake up transatlantic premium air travel’, low-cost American airline JetBlue this summer is launching flights to London for the first time. The services will be operated by a long-range version of the single-aisle Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be fitted out with 24 individual reimagined ‘Mint’ suites, including two … Read more
In a move it’s claimed will ‘shake up transatlantic premium air travel’, low-cost American airline JetBlue this summer is launching flights to London for the first time. The services will be operated by a long-range version of the single-aisle Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be fitted out with 24 individual reimagined ‘Mint’ suites, including two … Read more
Canada announced stricter restrictions on travelers including a mandatory $2,000 hotel quarantine, multiple tests, increased ‘surveillance’ and banning all flight to Mexico and the Caribbean. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new measures on Friday in response to the more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus. Starting next week, all international passenger flights to Canada … Read more