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Saturday, 10 April 2021

BBC News

• Covid-19: People can start thinking about foreign travel - ShappsThe transport secretary says people are no longer being advised against booking holidays abroad.

Financial Times

• Bumpy landing forecast for airline industryPandemic turbulence hits Europe’s biggest travel company

The Guardian

• Airlines warn the cost of Covid tests will stop people going abroadResearch shows travellers have to pay twice as much for PCR tests in the UK as they do in much of EuropeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Airlines have called for the competition watchdog to investigate the price of Covid tests for travel, with the travel industry warning that the PCR tests required by government will in effect block most international holidays this year.Global airline body Iata called on the UK Competition and Markets Authority to launch an inquiry, as separate research showed that travelers had to pay twice as much for PCR tests in the UK as they d...

Mail Online

• Pakistan is added to travel ban 'red list' as thousands race to get home to UKAll arrivals landing in the UK from Pakistan after 4am today will have to pay £1,750 for 11 nights of quarantine in a Government-approved hotel.
• Passengers film chaotic scenes in Islamabad Airport as hundreds race to reach UKAirline staff in Pakistan were forced to stand on check-in desks and urge people to form in orderly lines with one person in the scrum as 'the worst experience ever'.

Birmingham Post

• Bristol Airport calls for 'cheaper testing' as travel update announcedThe system will categorise countries based on risk alongside the restrictions required for travel

Bristol Live

• The cheapest flights from Bristol Airport in June 2021There are bargain flights to some top destinations

Daily Post (North Wales)

• The idea for future of Airbus A380 which could save super-jumbo from oblivionConversion of the out-of-favour A380 into a dual-purpose aircraft might yet give it a new lease of life - but some analysts are sceptical

Cambridge News

• Red list countries from which passengers are banned from entering UKThe list now has 39 countries on it
• Jet2 announces cancellation of all its flights until late JuneThe Jet2 CEO said the company was "extremely disappointed at the lack of clarity and detail" in the Global Travel Taskforce’s framework

Reading Evening Post

• All travellers to pay for Covid test in order to go on holidayTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has laid out plans so people can start travelling abroad again

Other Regional Press

• Southampton Airport runway plans approved after three days of debate AFTER 19 hours of deliberations plans to expand the runway at Southampton Airport have been given the green light.
• Covid: Tests for travellers in traffic light travel plan HOLIDAYMAKERS could have to pay more than £100 for Covid tests before and after arriving at their destination, it has been reported.
• Grant Schapps tells people to 'start to think' about booking holidays abroad The Transport Secretary said it was the first time in “many monthsâ€� he was not advising against foreign travel.

C.N.N.

• Boeing's 737 Max has a new problem that will ground some of the jets againBoeing announced a new problem with the troubled 737 Max -- this time, the issue is with its electrical system.

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