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The airline blames the move on delays to the restart of international travel.

Future taxation rules. but also, we have this story online. it isjust also, we have this story online. it is just interesting given what tim was just talking about on venice. what is happening with foreign travels. this analysis is by my colleagues caroline davis and simon browning, bbc news, where they look at the possibilities going forward, given the fact that we have been reporting in this programme the window from coming back from portugal without having to quarantine has just closed. witho...

Islands such as the Canary Islands and Majorca may be put on the UK's green list of holiday destinations.

BBC News By Simon Browning image captionThe plane landed in Vilnius more than six hours after its scheduled arrival "If a military aircraft intercepts you and gives you command, you obey". That was the view of one pilot who spoke to the BBC, who said the decision of Belarus to force down a passenger aircraft was "absolutely reckless". Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to divert a Ryanair passenger plane - flying from Greece, bound for Lithuania - to land in Minsk on Sunday, claiming a bomb was o...

BBC News By Simon Browning image captionThe plane landed in Vilnius more than six hours after its scheduled arrival "If a military aircraft intercepts you and gives you command, you obey". That was the view of one pilot who spoke to the BBC, who said the decision of Belarus to force down a passenger aircraft was "absolutely reckless". Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to divert a Ryanair passenger plane - flying from Greece, bound for Lithuania - to land in Minsk on Sunday, claiming a bomb was o...

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday evening.

BBC News Holidaying Brits touch down in Portugal: It feels unreal Close As of Monday, people who live in England, Scotland and Wales are allowed to travel to a select number of countries for leisure. One of the destinations on the green list that is expecting a lot of tourists is Portugal. BBC Business Reporter Simon Browning joined excited - and relieved - holidaymakers on a flight to Faro. From spending £129 to courier a PCR test, to providing a Covid certificate, this is what his journey wa...

BBC News By Simon Browning Heathrow has said that long queues caused by extensive Covid checks at the airport are becoming "untenable". Chris Garton, chief solutions officer at Heathrow, told MPs on the transport committee that some travellers faced waits of up to six hours. On more than one occasion police had had to intervene because queuing was "not something passengers want to do", he added. Foreign travel is only permitted for certain reasons at the moment. Mr Garton said that all passe...

BBC News By Simon Browning image captionAndrew Flintham said different rules for different countries would "clearly not be helpful". Holidaymakers will head to different UK airports if difficult rules in their country dont allow them to fly, says the boss of the UKs biggest tour firm. Andrew Flintham, TUI UK managing director, told the BBC "it is quite possible that if Scotland has one rule, that customers will come down to Newcastle and fly out of Newcastle." International travel will not sta...

By Sam Bradley-02 February 2021 08:30am With agencies planning for the (eventual) return to offices, how will they avoid the pull of old working habits? In this series, we ask readers of The Drum – from brands, agencies and everything in between – for their advice on real problems facing today’s marketing practitioners. Today, we ask how marketers planning for the post-pandemic economy will avoid the pull of the old normal. A year into the pandemic, much of the marketing s...