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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 be used to categorise countries based on risk, as previously announced. Travellers will need to pay...
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 publication of the interim report of Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review. In June, Hend...
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 the sector will benefit from the extension of the furlough scheme until the end of September, airlin...
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 aviation industry in the Chancellorâs 2021 budget address to the House of Commons, prompting conste...