Urgent rethink needed over financial support for businesses, says ABTA The travel industry has reacted with concern to the prime minister's announcement that the easing of lockdown restrictions will be delayed by four weeks. Boris…
ABTA plea for government support
Mark Tanzer appeals to MPs to help travel sector with financial support measures ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer has urged ministers to help the travel sector or risk “losing a generation of travel companies”. The…
Travel bosses demand green list expansion
ABTA joins forces with top travel chiefs to write to prime minister Travel and aviation bosses at ABTA, easyJet, Tui, Jet2, Airlines UK and Manchester Airports Group (MAG) have written to Boris Johnson to request…
Air traffic revival forecast for 2023
Passenger numbers to exceed pre-Covid levels in 2023 Global airline passenger numbers will surpass pre-Covid levels in 2023, forecasts Iata. Iata predicts that global passenger numbers will recover to 52 per cent of 2019 levels…
ABTA launches #ReadySteadyTravel
Campaign emphasises benefit of booking travel through an ABTA member. ABTA has a new campaign, #ReadySteadyTravel, to help travellers feel informed, reassured, confident and excited to book foreign travel this year. Through the campaign ABTA…
Make your travel industry voice heard
Travel has often felt like a forgotten sector in terms of government support, says ABTA ABTA is urging the industry to mobilise ahead of a Westminster Hall Debate in the House of Commons next Monday…
easyJet increases capacity to green list destinations
easyJet has added 105,000 extra seats to its existing routes to Gibraltar and Portugal, since the announcement that both countries will be on the UK’s green list from May 17. 80,000 new seats were added…
ABTA criticises Shapps’ ‘travel agent’ comments
ABTA confirms it is in contact with the Department for Transport ABTA has responded to Grant Shapps’ comments during his recent press conference in which he intimated that travel agents are a thing of the…
‘Clarity needed on Foreign Office advice’
Coordination between Foreign Travel Advice and traffic light system essential, trade bodies urge ABTA and Airlines UK have written to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on the need for clarity around the future approach…