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People have been urged “not to go wild” after social restrictions were eased as one expert warned “we could go back to square one”. Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said people should not behave in the same way as they did before the pandemic as he called for people to act cautiously for “a little bit more time”. It comes after the Prime Minister urged people to continue to “exercise restraint” as beer garde...

People returning from holidays in ‘green’ countries will not be required to self-isolate under the new traffic light system.

Wed, 14th Apr 2021 11:17 (Alliance News) - Most popular European holiday destinations such as Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal should be on the governments "green list" for foreign travel, according to the boss of easyJet PLC. Chief Executive Johan Lundgren said he "would expect almost all major European countries" to be put in the low-risk category when overseas holidays from the UK are allowed to resume. Under the new traffic light system, people arriving in the UK from a "green" country wil...

easyJet will increase flights to coincide with easing of Covid travel rules Carrier expects to fly up to 20 per cent of 2019 capacity levels between April and June, with most countries planning to open in May Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Yo...

People have been urged “not to go wild” after social restrictions were eased as one expert warned “we could go back to square one”. Professor Anthony Harnden, deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said people should not behave in the same way as they did before the pandemic as he called for people to act cautiously for “a little bit more time”. It comes after the Prime Minister urged people to continue to “exercise restraint” as beer garde...

Most popular European holiday destinations such as Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal should be on the Government’s “green list” for foreign travel, according to the boss of easyJet.

Apr 9th 2021, 6:33 The need for costly PCR Covid tests when international travel resumes has been widely condemned from all sides of the travel industry. The edict by the government’s Global Travel Taskforce was criticised as a “hammer blow” for business travel while independent agents and operators joined easyJet in hitting out at the costs involved for holidaymakers. EasyJet, Aito and the Business Travel Association led the attack on the requirements as part of a traffic light system to...

UK government to consult on cutting domestic air passenger duty Primary tabs 10th March 2021 While the aviation industry welcomed the news, Wizz Air UK’s managing director exclusively told Key.Aero that aviation tax reforms could create some “proper competition for the railways” Boris Johnson has said he wants to cut air passenger duty (APD) for domestic flights in a bid to boost connectivity across the UK.  The government has launched a consultation for the plans following the pub...

Budget 2021: Aviation firms accuse Sunak of ignoring sector Airlines have been some of the firms worst hit by the pandemic. (Getty Images) The aviation industry has reacted furiously to today’s Budget, accusing Chancellor Rishi Sunak of ignoring the sector, which has been battered by the pandemic. Aviation firms had been lobbying hard for sector-specific relief for the industry, which has been in a tailspin for an entire year due to wide-ranging travel restrictions. Although ...

Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:57 UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak today (3 March) unveiled an additional £65 billion/$90 billion tranche of funding in a budget centred squarely on supporting the country as it emerges from lockdown. An extension to the furlough scheme, support for the self-employed, business grants, loans and VAT cuts bring the government’s total fiscal support to more than £407 billion. But there was no direct mention of, or tailored aid for, the beleaguered avia...