Border chaos as Government is forced to DELAY demanding passengers test negative before entering UK until Monday amid backlash from travel industry over type of tests used Government planning to enforce regime requiring tests 72 hours pre-departure Meant to come into force 4am Friday but there will be a weekend grace period Passengers booked on … Read more
Passengers trying to get to the UK will need a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of departure or they will be barred from flying. Boris Johnson said ministers will be bringing in measures to ensure people arriving in the country are Covid-free. Government sources told MailOnline the detail of the policy was still being … Read more
The US government will now require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 starting Monday. A new mutant strain of the virus that is 70 percent more infectious is spreading in Britain, prompting many countries to shut their borders to travelers from there. The Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Heathrow passengers today had a taste of the new normal as they underwent swab tests before boarding flights to the US. Passengers were seen flooding into the London airport this morning, despite more than 50 countries across the world imposing restrictions on UK travel after the identification of a mutant Covid-19 strain in Britain. However flights … Read more
Buddha Air plane flies the wrong way and takes its passengers to airport 160 miles from its destination The Nepalese airline was supposed to fly south to Janakpur from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport But instead it flew north west to Pokhara in central Nepal due to ‘human error’ 69 passengers were flummoxed to find themselves in … Read more
Passengers arriving in New York City from the United Kingdom said they didn’t have to take a COVID test before boarding their flight Tuesday, despite the discovery of a new mutant strain of the virus in Britain that is 70 percent more infectious. On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it ‘reprehensible’ and ‘grossly … Read more
Over 300 passengers are stranded on ferry in the Irish Sea overnight after six crew members test positive for Covid Six crew members have tested positive for coronavirus on the Stena Line ferry The boat was due to travel to Belfast but has been held in Liverpool overnight Passengers are now being disembarked at the … Read more
Train fares will be frozen until March… before soaring by 2.6%: Passengers will bear the brunt of Government’s bailout of rail companies during pandemic Fares usually rise in January and are linked to the retail prices index (RPI) The cost of an average annual season ticket will go up from £3,064 to £3,144 Fare rise … Read more
Heathrow passenger numbers were 88 per cent down during second lockdown with SIX MILLION less flyers using the airport than last November Last month Heathrow airport saw an 88% drop in passenger numbers from 2019 Six million fewer passengers travelled through the airport, said chief executive He warned the British economy was suffering as a result … Read more
Rail travellers are likely to flout the five-day bubble window over Christmas amid fears of overcrowding, analysis reveals. Rail travel over the festive period will peak at 11am on December 23, on the day that coronavirus rules are relaxed, but thousands plan to travel before or return home afterwards. Some of the UK’s biggest stations will … Read more