RMT vote overwhelmingly to strike The RMT union this week announced that its members had voted “overwhelmingly to strike”, in what it said was “the biggest endorsement for industrial action by railway workers since privatisation”. A total of 71 per cent of over 40,000 members balloted took part in the vote, with 89 per cent voting in favour of strike …
IATA: Asia-Pacific is playing catch-up on restarting travel after Covid-19 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged Asia-Pacific states to ease border measures to accelerate the region’s recovery from Covid-19. Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general urged governments to remove all restrictions for vaccinated travellers, as well as lifting quarantine and Covid-19 testing for unvaccinated travellers “where there are high …
DP & L Travel’s Corporate Travel manager, Amy Anderson was asked by STV News on the travel prospects for 2021. We have included the entire package that appeared on Wednesday 6 January.
The following countries have issued travel restrictions to and from the UK as a result of the new COVID mutation that has been found in parts of the UK. As of 16:00 the latest countries to have suspended flights from the UK are: Spain Russia Israel Iran Saudi Arabia Jordon And from Latin America the following countries have banned flights …
Self-isolation for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus will be shortened from 14 to 10 days across the UK from Monday 14 December. The change will also apply to people instructed to quarantine after returning from high-risk countries. And it means anyone who has been self-isolating for 10 days or more will be able to end their quarantine on Monday. …
Europe’s leading airline, has announced that its cabin bag policy will change on board flights from 10th February 2021. The new policy means that all customers can still take a small cabin bag (max 45x36x20cm) with no weight restriction, free of charge which must fit under the seat in front, which will enable them to bring all the essentials for …
Some airlines are requesting passengers have proof of a negative Covid-19 PCR test ahead of travel and we encourage passengers to check their airline’s guidance and requirements ahead of travel. We have introduced a Covid-19 drive-through screening service centre in front of the terminal to provide a fast and accurate PCR swab test with results emailed or texted to customers …
The Government has announced that the following countries will be removed from the UK Travel corridor list: Canary Islands People arriving in the UK from the Canary Islands from Saturday 12 December 2020 will need to self-isolate for 2 weeks as the Canary Islands are removed from the travel corridor list. From 15 December, passengers arriving into the UK from countries not featured on the Government’s travel …
The ABTA Destinations team have been advised by the Turkish authorities that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that as of 2 March 2020 Turkey has decided to exempt visa requirements for members of the European Union Schengen area, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, as well as United Kingdom citizens for touristic travel to Turkey for every 90 …
Emirates announced the launch of a second daily flight from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) starting 1st July, 2019. The additional flight means that Emirates customers will now have 11 daily flight options to and from three London airports. Click HERE for more information