Italy has joined many of its European neighbours in dropping all travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Italian Ministry of Health announced that all travellers (regardless of country of origin or departure) will no longer be required to show proof of being fully vaccinated, nor results of a negative Covid test if they ar...

Singapore Airlines (SIA) announces the return of daily flight frequencies to London Heathrow and Manchester. The airline will operate four daily flights from Heathrow to Singapore Changi Airport on Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A380 and Airbus A350 aircraft, followed by increased flights four times weekly from Manchester to Singapore and Houston ...

London Heathrow is set to reopen Terminal 4 this summer after a two-year closure caused by the pandemic. The airline plans to ramp up airport capacity in time for the summer holidays after detailing a £3.8 billion loss during the pandemic, experiencing the lowest passenger footfall at the airport in 2021 since 1972. In response to the COV...

Israel has further relaxed its travel restrictions by dropping the requirement for on-arrival PCR tests, after the Ministry of Health and the Airports Authority agreed new guidelines. The decision for passengers arriving at Ben Gurion airport to no longer require a PCR test was made in light of “the decline in morbidity data” according to th...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced it will be resuming its Tokyo Haneda to London Heathrow flights from June 2022, as part of a wider expansion of its international routes to selected cities, as Japan eases travel restrictions. The Heathrow – Haneda route will operate three times per week on a Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday for the first ...

Emirates Airline unveils its swanky new Premium Economy cabin class that will go on sale from June 2022. The new business offering – which includes luxurious seats and extra-legroom will be available to Emirates passengers travelling on A380 routes from London, Paris, and Sydney departing from August. The Dubai-based airline made the announc...

The UAE’s world-class metropolis Dubai has beaten London to become the top destination for global business travel this year. According to data from travel technology firm Travelport, the destination has now surpassed its pre-pandemic tourist levels, having the strongest travel recovery of any country - this year’s bookings outperformed 2019 ...

The UK regional airline Flybe has announced its return to the skies, almost exactly two years after its demise when it fell into administration after years of financial struggles and the effects of the global pandemic. After resuming services in April, Flybe Ltd launched its first inaugural flight with a domestic route from its new headquart...

On March 27th India finally lifted its ban on scheduled international flights, two years after most foreign flights were suspended from operating amid the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. A limited number of air bubble flights between India and select countries, including the UK, have continued to operate (under their own restrictions) des...

The South Korean government has announced that after two years, it will be reopening the country’s borders and allowing quarantine-free entry to fully vaccinated travellers from April 1. The country’s strict entry rules for tourists have only recently started to ease, after the quarantine period reduced from 10 to seven days by the governme...