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Saturday, 27 March 2021

Financial Times

• Airlines face next big test with return to skies after year of hibernationCarriers in mammoth task to make sure pilots and planes are ready for travel restart

The Telegraph

• Virgin unveils digital travel pass and calls for curbs to be lifted for vaccinated holidaymakers [subscription]The airline thinks the technology will make it easier for governments to open safe travel corridors

Times Online

• ‘If this is what travel is going to be like when it restarts, count me out’ [subscription]Flying around Europe this month, Graham Duffill encountered sobbing passengers, zero continuity between countries and rising animosity towards British travellers. It doesn’t bode well, he says
• French electric airliner will take to the skies in five yearsAn all-electric airliner could be flying passengers between European cities in about five years under a project announced this week by a French start-up that hopes to become the “Tesla of aviation”.
• New airport bag screening ends need to decant bottles at Heathrow [subscription]Queues will be cut at Britain’s busiest airport under plans to allow passengers to leave liquids and laptops inside hand luggage while passing through security.

The National

• Scottish space firm Orbex given £6m boost to launch European space transport serviceSCOTS space firm Orbex has won a €7.45 million (£6.3m) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for an initiative to support commercially sustainable space transportation services in Europe.

London Evening Standard

• Virgin Atlantic to trial vaccine passportsCustomers on flights to Barbados from April 16 will be invited to use the Travel Pass app to verify they meet the island's entry requirements.

Leeds Live

• Jet2 adds hundreds of new villa destinations following 200 percent booking surgeYou can go to Greece, Mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands

Other Regional Press

• This is how much you will need to pay for Covid tests with major UK airlines Many airlines are now offering Covid-19 tests as part of their booking process, for an additional cost, including British Airways and TUI.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Travel advice as the Government gradually eases national lockdown restrictionsAhead of the Government’s slight easing of national restrictions on Monday 29 March, Transport for London (TfL) is issuing guidance for people who need to make journeys. While groups of up to six people or two households will be allowed to meet and some outdoor recreation facilities will reopen, the Government requires the public to continue to work from home and minimise travel wherever possible. The Government is urging people to stay local where they can and TfL is asking Londoners to consider walking and cycling by taking advantage of the city’s network of safe walking and cyc...

Other News Sources

• Southampton Airport runway extension plans refused by councillors PLANS to extend the runway at Southampton Airport have been refused by councillors.