The United Kingdom will reopen on October 4 to air travellers who have been vaccinated with Covishield against COVID-19, said a government circular on September 22, easing pandemic-related restrictions on countries including India that were launched last year. Formulations of four listed vaccines allowed include AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, which qualify as…
More consensus needed on vaccination and testing regimes for people to travel abroad more freely. A return to a freer level of international air travel likely won’t be possible until there’s greater agreement among nations on the COVID-19 tests and vaccination documentation needed to travel abroad, experts say. Yet a year and a half after the…
The cost of the COVID test has been reduced from 88 pounds to 68 pounds (USD 122 to USD 94), after many representations over the high charges of the mandatory testing. In a piece of good news for the global travellers, and more specifically Indians, the UK on Saturday reduced the COVID test cost for…
After the UK lifted the travel ban from India, Air India has announced non-stop flights between India and the United Kingdom from next week. Sharing the detailed flight schedule, the national carrier said that it will operate 13 weekly flights connecting London with six Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Amritsar, and Kochi from…
While the requirement for a compulsory 10-day self-isolation in a government-approved facility at an additional cost of 1,750 pounds per head will no longer apply, only travellers vaccinated in the UK or Europe would qualify for an exemption of the home quarantine requirement. London: The UK on Sunday eased travel restrictions for India by moving the…
Some useful information based on the journey experience (London Heathrow BA – Hyderabad) – 17July. Long read for those planning to travel to India/Hyderabad. Covered our experience into 3 categories. A.Before the travel 1. Give Covid test within 72 hours of your flight (RT-PCR Fit to Fly Test), we paid £99 each but later realised…
International Flights Latest News Today: IndiGo airline has issued fresh guidelines that cover passengers flying to Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in UAE, Doha in Qatar, Kuwait City in Kuwait and Muscat in Oman. International Flights Latest News Today: Keeping in view the ongoing COVID pandemic and the upcoming CIOVID third wave, the IndiGo airlines…
UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues as the dominant strain of coronavirus and marked a sharp increase in the UK with 54,268 more cases logged on Friday, which marks a 32 per cent increase over the previous week. Public Health England (PHE) said its weekly analysis shows the continued rise in infections is…
