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Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Financial Times

• Travel and aviation groups dismayed by fresh Covid restrictions Response to Omicron variant a blow to businesses that had hoped worst of the pandemic was over

The Telegraph

• Make PCR tests free to stop the holiday rip-off, say Tory backbenchers [Subscription]Government must underwrite costs to prevent repeat of holidaymakers being hammered by testing scams, says Sir Graham Brady

City AM

• Virgin Atlantic £400m rescue package teeters on the brink as Omicron travel fears swirlA push to raise millions from Virgin Atlantic shareholders to form a rescue package for Richard Branson’s ailing airline is on the verge of collapse. Branson has been on a charm offensive to get existing shareholders to cough up around £400m in rescue money to save the struggling airline. However, fears that blanket travel curbs [...] The post Virgin Atlantic £400m rescue package teeters on the brink as Omicron travel fears swirl appeared first on CityAM.

Birmingham Mail

• Watch as first of 32 new Flybe planes lands at Birmingham AirportThe airline's new HQ and crew base is launching at Birmingham Airport early next year

Birmingham Post

• Airbus and Rolls-Royce carry out 'promising' test flights using sustainable fuelThe two aerospace giants have taken part in a world-first study involving a commercial jet

C.N.N.

• Travel restrictions by country following the Omicron variant outbreakJust as many countries around the world were beginning to loosen their border restrictions, reports of a newly detected coronavirus variant in South Africa sent many of those doors slamming shut again.