Canada is currently off-limits – getty How to get your money back if an airport or flight time is changed Stuart Miller writes In January we booked return flights from Manchester to Toronto with Air Canada, through the online agent Expedia, for which we paid £2,165. Our departure date is […]
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Heathrow will trial testing for 2000 employees – HENRY NICHOLLS Heathrow is embarking on a month-long trial of rapid Covid testing for airport staff, in partnership with NHS Test & Trace. The airport will regularly test around 2000 employees in a bid to uncover asymptomatic carriers of the virus. The […]
Heathrow’s CEO has warned the industry is ‘fighting for survival’ amid news of dire figures – getty Britain’s busiest airport has revealed it lost almost three-quarters of its passengers last year due to ‘lockdowns and border closures’. Only 22 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in 2020; 73 per cent less than the previous […]
Amid fraying tempers and cancelled flights, Heathrow has never felt so dark and depressing Arriving at the airport is no longer a thrill. Coronavirus has, of course, killed much of the joy of travel – and new lockdown measures and a fresh international travel ban for Thursday has put both […]
Open skies: Could a Covid test at the airport free up travel opportunities? (Simon Calder) Few passengers make it as far as the southern extreme of the arrival level at Heathrow Terminal 5. But anyone venturing beyond the traditional meeters’ and greeters’ base camp of Caffe Nero will see a […]
Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye said: “These facilities will make it easier for passengers going to those countries to get a test and have the potential to provide a service for arriving passengers. “Ultimately, we need a common international standard for pre-departure testing, and we welcome the UK Government’s recent […]
Hotels across the UK and overseas have reacted to the government’s suggestion of trialling airport testing at Heathrow this month. With a coronavirus testing facility on stand-by, Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye said that talks with Downing Street had been “progressive” and testing could be operational within a couple of […]