Germany reopens to UK tourists Germany is now allowing British visitors back into the country after banning Brits before Christmas with the UK being labeled an area of COVID concern. The UK is now just a “high risk” area which means if fully vaccinated you do not need to quarantine…
New Zealand delays reopening New Zealand has had some of the most restrictive border controls in the world, but had previously announced that they would be finally opening up with a staged reopening of its borders from 17 January for its citizens and visa holders from Australia. International vaccinated travellers…
Today British Airways has revealed the initial destinations for its new Gatwick subsidiary, which will start flying from March 2022. Tickets to 35 short-haul destinations will also be on sale from Tuesday 14 December. The airline announced its intention to create a short-haul standalone business at Gatwick in August, similar…
British Airways reveals more about Gatwick plans You may have seen on Twitter yesterday that I shared a leaked memo about recruitment for BA’s new low-cost airline at Gatwick. This was originally published on Flyertalk and reveals a few interesting tidbits. The airline is expected to start at the end…
United adds 5 more UK flights United today announced it is adding five new flights to London’s Heathrow Airport, including two more flights from New York/Newark, additional trips from both Denver and San Francisco, as well as an all-new direct flight from Boston. The new service begins in March 2022. …
Today’s reader review is from Simon. Flights After visiting Barbados- and horrified that we would be both back to work very soon, we managed to grab two bargain Club World flights to St Lucia in the last week of September. We upgraded with Avios 10,000 each and paid £900…
FCDO essential travel advice removed from 32 countries One of the annoying things about travel in the UK is the fact that the FCDO advice based on Covid has often not aligned with the government’s traffic light system. Given that both are looking at the same data (I hope) you…
British Airways is back on at Gatwick – BALPA accept new proposal When I reported on the goings-on between BALPA and BA management with the latest ballot, I said it would be a quick ballot, but I wasn’t expecting it to be that quick! This morning it is being reported…
BA short haul may return to Gatwick after all – was it all a big bluff? A few days ago BA announced the shock news that they would be withdrawing almost all short flights from Gatwick. The airline had been negotiating with the pilots union BALPA to establish a new…
BA short-haul former Gatwick routes bookable from Heathrow for Summer 22 A few days ago BA announced that they would abandon Gatwick most short-haul flights after talks broke down with the BA pilots union BALPA. At the time it was not known which routes would move to Heathrow and which…
