United Kingdom

This 18 January marks the entry into force of new, even more radical restrictions in the United Kingdom. The country has been overwhelmed by the surge in cases of covid-19. With almost 90,000 deaths and 3.5 million positive cases, the UK is the worst affected country in Western Europe. The British government has therefore...

The covid pandemic and the isolation of the United Kingdom are forcing British Airways to close a large number of its intercontinental routes for the summer of 2021. The carrier is adjusting frequencies and destinations at a time when demand is struggling to recover. For the IATA summer season, which begins on 31 March, the British airline is suspending...

A hard-fought agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom finally puts an end to four years of bitter and acrimonious discussions. On 24 December, all the protagonists were singing their own praises. According to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, "it was worth fighting for this agreement because...

As announced over the weekend, Boris Johnson's government has decided to apply even stricter containment measures. The reason: the discovery of a new, more contagious variant of the virus. A new danger level, labelled '4', now applies to London and the south-east of England. All travel is banned in this zone, while...

Will we be able to make duty-free purchases between the UK and the rest of the world in 2021? The answer is yes. Passengers will still be able to make duty-free purchases in Duty-Free Shops. The announcement even comes with some good news. Travellers between the EU and Great Britain will once again be able to buy alcohol and tobacco tax-free,...

It sounds like a Christmas present for the British people from Boris Johnson's very unpopular government. Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced that confinement in the country would end on 2 December. It will be replaced by a three-tier system of restrictions. Different degrees of rules will be...

The lifestyle hotel is part of the cultural and economic dynamism of Newcastle. In 2023, the city in the north of England will see the opening of a Radisson Red right next to St James Park, one of the oldest and largest football stadiums in the UK. Design, a sky bar, a rooftop, a trendy restaurant:...

Upmarket and sophisticated, the Kimpton brand is continuing to expand within the IHG group. Bought by the British hotelier in 2015 to strengthen its lifestyle offering, the trendy brand born in the United States has 34 projects in its pipeline, which will be added in the next three to five years to the 72 establishments already open across the...

Eurostar has just launched Eurostar For Business in the UK, a new booking platform for its cross-Channel trains aimed at business customers, with all booking files now grouped together in a single area. Above all, to encourage business travellers to use this portal, Eurostar is offering benefits for every 15 return journeys between London...

The travel experience on high-speed trains between Europe and the UK is now back to normal. Since 7 September, passengers have been able to enjoy a full range of catering services on board Eurostar trains. Limited for a time due to the pandemic, this development comes on top of the reopening of the lounges...

With the resurgence of infections linked to the covid-19 pandemic throughout the world, and particularly in Europe, travel conditions are once again becoming stricter for potential travellers. In less than two weeks, for example, the United Kingdom has decided to re-impose a quarantine on travellers from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The United Kingdom's sudden decision to re-introduce compulsory quarantine for travellers to several European Union countries within a matter of hours has further dampened hopes of a return to normal traffic flows. The decision was justified by the upsurge in cases of coronavirus in certain parts of these countries. The UK's Department for...

They are absolutely furious and ready to take the government to court. In a recent opinion piece, British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair, the three biggest players in British air transport, expressed their anger at the measure taken by Boris Johnson's government to introduce compulsory quarantine...

After London City Airport, which closed its doors last week, it is now London Gatwick's turn to announce the closure of its North Terminal from 1 April. This terminal handled all the flights of the airlines easyJet, Emirates, Qatar Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The airport also operates a reduced schedule, from...

With passenger numbers down by as much as 70 % and ticket sales two-thirds lower than last year over the same period, British rail operators are suffering serious disruption. To avoid possible, or even probable, bankruptcies, the government is taking emergency measures and proposing that companies suspend their operations...

The message from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Twitter on Thursday morning was terse: "Flybe has gone into liquidation. All Flybe flights cancelled. Please do not travel to the airport as your Flybe flight will not be operational. For flights operated by franchise partners, passengers should contact their airline...

On Friday 31 January at 11pm in London and midnight in Brussels, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union after 1,317 days of procrastination and three postponements of the Brexit process. For travellers between the UK and Europe, not much has changed in practice. Planes will continue to fly between the continent and...

A sigh of relief for Flybe, the regional airline that for many years has linked some thirty British airports with the rest of continental Europe. On Tuesday evening, the Secretary of State for Business Andrea Leadsom confirmed that a rescue agreement had been reached for the British carrier, saving it from bankruptcy at the same time. This would have been the...

A few weeks after Iberia announced a partnership with the Spanish start-up Bag on Board, Manchester airport is now focusing on a practical service for travellers: home baggage collection. The Mancunian platform has just unveiled a partnership with Airportr, enabling it to offer a baggage check-in service...