Greece bans the UK for longer Greece has been very indecisive with regard to allowing UK tourists back into their country. Since they have had a low incidence of COVID and we are still having high numbers, I can see their point of view. British travellers are important to their…
We have known since Friday roughly what the government had planned for air bridges. This afternoon they finally quietly admitted defeat with their shambolic quarantine rules which were only introduced on 8 June and are being discarded after less than a month. An announcement appeared on the government website with…
When will British Airways and other lounges reopen? One of the questions I am getting asked a lot is, when will the BA lounges reopen. Currently, all BA lounges in the UK are closed. This was due to coronavirus restrictions. The rules change on 4 July allowing venues such as…
Italy bans hand luggage As if travelling isn’t already full of enough new rules and regulations, Italy has now decided to bring in its own rules. Why EASA, the European Aviation safety body can’t just have a common set of rules I don’t know! Italy has now banned passengers from…
Today British Airways’ first B787-10 finally touched down this morning at Heathrow. The delivery was very late from its original date in February this year. Their second B787-10 is now expected on 1 July, only a few days behind this one. This state-of-the-art, 787-10 aircraft has a carbon fibre fuselage…
It has been very quiet over the Virgin Atlantic rescue talks with Virgin exploring both private investment and a government bailout. Personally given some of the loans the government have given to companies like Wizzair that did not even need it, I think they should have helped Virgin. If they…
Barbados to reopen and BA flights to resume Barbados has confirmed details for reopening and will be accepting flights from the UK from 18 July. They are rightly taking a cautious approach and you will be required to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours before arrival. You then will…
Have you won our BA Gold and Silver card competition? You may remember that I recently ran a competition to give away a gold or a silver card for BA’s Executive card. I’m delighted to say that Chris N won the Gold card. He said ‘I am so pleased to…
The Qantas Group has yesterday announced a three-year plan to accelerate its recovery from the COVID crisis and to preserve as many jobs as possible. The immediate focus of the plan is to: Rightsize the Group’s workforce, fleet and other costs according to demand projections, with the ability to scale up…
Recently remarks by Dr Fauci, one of the US’s leading coronavirus health experts, seemed to indicate that the UK/US borders would not open any time soon. Currently, the US border is not completely shut, but it is closed to anyone who has been in the UK/EU in the last 14…
