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Airlines baulk at refunds as UK tells travellers not to fly
Siddharth Philip
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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways will not offer refunds to passengers who cancel year-end trips following new UK coronavirus rules, even as regulators investigate carriers earlier refusal to hand cash back to customers caught in lockdown.
IAG SA-owned BA will grant ticket holders a voucher or let them switch to a later date, it said in an emailed statement. It said it would refund fares only if the airline cancelled a flight, a policy echoed by Virgin Atlantic in a Twitter post.
British Airways is not offering refunds to passengers who cancel year-end trips following new UK coronavirus rules.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-21T18:52:00+00:00
At the request of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, British Airways will be testing all New-York-bound passengers from the UK prior to departure as a new, more contagious mutation of the coronavirus rages in the southwest of England.
In the past two days, more than 120 countries have restricted incoming passengers from the UK after a more contagious strain of the coronavirus emerged. Numerous European countries including France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy as well as several nations in Asia and Latin America have temporarily banned all incoming travel from the UK.
Travel Pain Spreads as Europe Blocks U.K. Flights on Virus Fears
Bloomberg 12/21/2020
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A brutal ending is taking shape for what’s already been a lost year for Europe’s travel industry, as Covid-19 administers a final kick to airlines and rail firms, innkeepers and travelers alike.
A mutant strain of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in the U.K. led Prime Minister Boris Johnson to clamp down on holiday visits at home and abroad over the weekend. Airlines shares tumbled as Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium closed their borders to the former European Union state, with others preparing to follow suit.
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Ireland s chief medical officer has urged people to stay at home and avoid restaurants as cases of coronavirus rise across the country. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
Sun, 20 Dec, 2020 - 21:00
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Ireland s chief medical officer has urged people to stay at home and avoid restaurants as the number of cases of Covid-19 rise across the country.
Dr Tony Holohan said that people should not meet up, and warned against gathering in crowds.