Business travel starts bouncing back despite switch to video calls
Business travel is set to bounce back to two thirds of pre-pandemic levels by next year
Commercial airlines facing losses to hit $51.8B in 2021
After devastating 2020 and colossal revenue losses caused by the first and second wave of the pandemic, the COVID-19 continues paralysing the aviation industry.
Emirates’ first retired A380 to be repurposed in the UAE
Emirates has signed a contract with UAE-based Falcon Aircraft Recycling on a pioneering initiative, where its first retired A380 aircraft will be upcycled and recycled, dramatically reducing the environmental impact…
Ryanair to shake up refunds policy after pandemic criticism
Ryanair has promised to start refunding customers for cancelled flights within five working days, after criticism of its reimbursements policy during the pandemic.
Holiday Inn owner IHG room revenue bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels
Holiday Inn owner IHG reported a sharp jump in third-quarter room revenue on Friday after a busy summer, with the company recovering closer to pre-pandemic levels on easing travel restrictions.
PCR tests for travellers ditched and red list slashed in travel boost
Ministers announce PCR tests for foreign travel are to be scrapped by half-term and reduced the red list to seven countries.
US to lift Covid travel ban for vaccinated passengers from UK and most of EU from November
The US will lift Covid-19 travel restrictions to allow fully vaccinated passengers from the UK and most European Union (EU) countries to travel into the country from early November, the…
Mars cuts travel by half as company demands trips have purpose, rather than presence
Mars is to cut corporate travel by half and book 145,000 fewer flights each year in one of the clearest signals yet from a big company about how they plan…
Seven destinations to be added to UK’s Covid travel green list
Travellers from seven more destinations will no longer have to quarantine after being added to the UK’s travel green list.
Travelling abroad could leave workers out of pocket
Holidaymakers forced to delay their return to work through government rule changes while overseas, or because they’ve been pinged, run the risk of losing hundreds or even thousands of pounds…
Covid testing is rip-off, says former regulator
PCR tests for travel have become "a predictable Covid rip-off", says the ex-chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, Lord Tyrie.
British travellers pay most in Europe for holiday Covid tests
Costs for the coronavirus tests needed to go abroad are higher in Britain than in any other country in western Europe.