Economy Class & Beyond

European Commission proposes a Digital Green Certificate for travel

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The European Commission has been busy, with it announcing that it wishes to create a Digital Green Certificate to help safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Digital Green Certificate will be “a proof” that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test result or recovered from COVID-19. It will … [Read more...]

UK Government Red Lists change: Portugal removed, Qatar and added

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For those of you who are planning trips, The UK Government has updated its Red List.  These are countries where direct travel is banned. Updated as of 15th March 2021 The countries that will be added to the UK Red List include: Ethiopia Oman Somalia  Qatar The travel bans will go into effect from 4 am Friday 19 March … [Read more...]

REMINDER: You now need to fill a form in to leave the United Kingdom

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Editors note: As of 17th May, this form is no longer in use. Red/Amber/Green Lists are now in use - see https://economyclassandbeyond.boardingarea.com/2021/05/07/breaking-government-reveals-its-green-list/ This page will remain up for historical purposes.   For those who are intent on departing the United Kingdom, as of today, you will be required to download … [Read more...]

Want to leave/exit the United Kingdom? Prepare to fill a form in…

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HM Government is putting more obstacles in the way of travellers, with them announcing that a form will need to be completed before leaving the country. The form will be a requirement for international travel from Monday 8th March. If you are travelling internationally, you will need to carry a new form that sets out their trip is permitted under the … [Read more...]

UK Hotel Quarantine Scheme goes live – How does it affect you?

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The new UK Hotel Quarantine Arrival programme has swung into effect today (04:00GMT - 15th February). How will affect your travels? Welcome to the United Kingdom. Depending on where you've come in from, you've got new adventures ahead... as well as 10 of days isolation. How is has this been put in place? Legislation has been brought forward and approved at … [Read more...]

UK Government finalises Hotel Quarantine plans… with very big sticks

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The UK Government announced its formalised Hotel Quarantine plan, along with some very big sticks to control importing of new variants of COVID-19. Travelling from a country on the travel ban list? Budget £1750 extra. The new measures build on those already in place, which include refusing entry to non-UK residents from ‘red list’ countries. All … [Read more...]

UK Travel Bans: UAE added, along with other countries

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Whilst the Travel Corridors List is now moot for some time, the UK Travel Ban list is growing. Let's take a look at who is affected. Countries added to the UK Red List: United Arab Emirates Burundi Rwanda This will go into effect at 1pm UK time on 29 January. After this point, you will not be able to fly directly to the ">UK from the ">from these … [Read more...]

UK to impose mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals from 30 countries and restrictions exiting the country.

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There's has been a lot of chatter about plans for the UK Government to impose hotel quarantines. Well, it seems this is now going into effect, with both the Prime Minister and Home Secretary making announcements in parliament. This will require arrivals - both UK Nationals and Visitors, to isolate at government-provided accommodation such hotels, for 10 days without … [Read more...]