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Monday, 21 December 2020

BBC News

• Covid: Tui cancels flights out of Luton AirportThe holiday firm says Luton is now in tier four, but flights will continue from Stansted and Gatwick.
• European regulator says Boeing's 737 Max is safeExecutive Director Patrick Ky said his organisation had

The Guardian

• Coronavirus live news: Boris Johnson to hold crisis meeting as more countries stop flights from UKFrance, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Bulgaria impose UK bans over new strain; Democrat Chuck Schumer says aid bill ‘should’ have votes to pass. Follow latest updatesEuropean states ban travel from UK as new Covid strain takes holdEurope bans travel from the UK over new strain: what we know so farWhat do we know about the fast-spreading Covid variant in UK?Moderna vaccine shipments begin as US reels under Covid surgeSee all our coverage 7.29am GMT Kenyan doctors working in government hospitals began a countrywide strike on Monday over inadequate insurance benefit...

The Herald

• Coronavirus UK travel restrictions: What do we know so far?A growing number of nations have banned flights from the UK in a bid to stop a mutant strain of coronavirus crossing their borders.

Times Online

• Planes will still fly but medical care at risk [Subscription]As British and European negotiators continue talks on how the UK will leave the EU, The Times has looked at what a deal and no-deal would mean for different sectors of the British economy. Here Ben Clatworthy, Assistant Travel Editor, looks at travel

Mail Online

• Travel plans are left in tatters amid new Christmas Covid curbsBritish Airways and Virgin Atlantic have revealed they will not be offering refunds to passengers who cancel trips for the end of the year following the new restrictions. Pictured: Charing Cross, London.

The Mirror

• Chaotic scenes as passengers scramble for last flights from Heathrow AirportHeathrow Airport descended into chaos after swathes of countries began banning Brit travellers in a bid to stop the spread of the new mutated coronavirus strain

Bristol Live

• The countries banning Christmas flights from the UK amid new rulesSeveral countries have reacted following Boris Johnson's announcement - and more could be set to follow

London Evening Standard

• Ireland joins Italy, Germany and Netherlands in cancelling UK flights amid rising concern over mutant Covid-19 strainFrance has also introduced restrictions on travel from the UK

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Boris Johnson to hold crisis talks as Europe halts flights from UKThe Prime Minister will chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra civil contingencies committee on Monday

Reading Evening Post

• Heathrow Airport Tier 4 restrictions and latest informationPeople living in Tier 4 areas are not allowed to travel abroad except for specific reasons

EIN News Subscription

• Nordics Cut Air Traffic From UK Over Covid-19 Mutation … or not. European countries are stopping air traffic with the … reported. The Ministry of Transport wrote in a press release … measures should be takenâ€�, Transport Minister Benny Engelbrecht said … air traffic from the UK was announced by Finnish Transport …
• EU countries, Canada ban travel from UK due to new coronavirus strain … The flow of people or transport towards the United Kingdom will … quot; on Sunday all its air links with Great Britain, … imposed travel restrictions. Non-EU countries join the ban Canada … talks between experts from the European authorities", the new …