Following the announcement of the UAE easing entry requirements for 12 countries (United Kingdom, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria and Afghanistan) and the UK adding the UAE on its ‘amber list’, Emirates is responding to the pent-up travel demand across its network.
United Kingdom has made a number of changes to its traffic light travel list. These changes are effective from 04:00 hours 8th August 2021. If you arrive in England before this date, then you must follow the rules that are presently applicable.
Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary of the United Kingdom, has confirmed that fully vaccinated UK travellers returning to England from ‘Amber List’ countries will no longer have to quarantine. This is a major step taken by the government of United Kingdom towards the reopening of international borders.
easyJet has announced 12 new routes in the United Kingdom with fares starting from £14.99. The airline will launch operations from Belfast City to London Gatwick for the 1st time and return to East Midlands and Leeds Bradford, with new routes which were previously served by Stobart Air-operated Aer Lingus Regional.
The United Kingdom government has announced a trial allowing certain flights from Red List countries to operate providing they arrive into dedicated terminals at Birmingham and Heathrow airports.
easyJet has announced five new routes from Birmingham for this summer, mainly targeting on leisure destinations.
Emirates and Etihad airways have stopped flying to the United Kingdom from 13:00 today (29th January,2021), following the addition of UAE to the UK government’s ‘red list’ of banned destinations.
Turkish Airlines has suspended flights to 4 countries with immediate effect.
Indian national carrier Air India on Wednesday announced some new international routes.
Emirates will operate an additional 34 Airbus A380 flights to the United Kingdom each week as it is recovering post COVID-19 pandemic.