On Friday morning, the last remaining requirements for travellers entering the UK that were introduced because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be lifted, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced yesterday. This includes the unvaccinated.more
Heathrow is to hire 12,000 staff to handle an expected summer holiday boom, the UK’s busiest airport has said, as it warned the recovery in the aviation industry is “being overshadowed by war and Covid”.more
Anticipation is growing that the UK’s passenger locator form may be scrapped next week, with the last few travel rules for unvaccinated people also up for debate.more
Only Wanderlust decided to check which behaviors on board are the most annoying for travelers. In the results of the study, the list topped, among others, crying children or a chatty fellow passenger.more
LOT Polish Airlines is offering passengers the opportunity to change their departure and arrival ports free of charge for all flights disrupted due to closed airspace in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the national carrier said.more
The US State Department issued an alert yesterday urging Americans in Russia to consider leaving the country immediately as countries close airspace to Russian airlines. US citizens in Ukraine are advised by the department to avoid border crossings with Poland and Moldova.more
Due to the situation in Ukraine and the closure of the country's airspace, Wizz Air is temporarily suspending all flight operations in the country, the carrier announced today.more
From 1 March, people arriving in Italy from all non-EU countries will not have to undergo quarantine, the Health Ministry in Rome has decided. A certificate issued on the basis of vaccination, cure or test will suffice on entry.more
The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) is reminding all EU and EEA EFTA citizens entering the UK to travel with the ID document registered to their UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to help prevent further checks at the UK border.more
The Norwegian airline Norwegian has announced that it will no longer fly over Ukraine "due to the tense situation". The aircraft of this carrier will fly on other, safer routes.more
Budget airline Wizz Air said today that it does not make any changes to its flight schedules to and from Ukraine, but passengers are asked to carefully follow the information sent by the carrier.more
Due to the changing security situation caused by the military and political escalation on the part of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against unnecessary travel to Ukraine, the diplomacy ministry tweeted. In turn, Poles living in Ukraine who are interested in traveling, count on the help of the Polish government.more
Wizz Air plans over 50 percent. increasing the number of seats offered in this year's summer network of connections from Poland compared to the previous year's schedule. According to CEO Jozsef Varadi, the number of aircraft based in this country will increase from 20 to 27.more
Today at At 4.00 a.m., the previously announced changes to make it easier for people to travel to the UK, both for people vaccinated against Covid-19 and to some extent for unvaccinated people, entered into force.more
56% of adult Poles want to go on at least a two-day holiday this year. This is by 8 percentage points more than last year, according to a CBOS survey.more
Katowice Airport in January this year benefited 140.8 thousand passengers, more than 115.7 thousand more than last year, the airport's press service reported yesterday. This result is 48 percent of passenger traffic from the record-breaking January 2020, when the airport served 290 thousand people.more
The Swedish government announced on Monday that border controls on travelers entering from the EU will end from today. This means that Covid-19 certificates will not be checked, and unvaccinated people will not have to show a negative test result.more
The American airline Delta has applied to the Department of Justice (Ministry) of Justice to put all persons who caused any trouble during the flight on a nationwide "black list" to prohibit boarding.more
Hungarian carrier Wizz Air launched on Friday a new connection from Krakow to Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates. Flights will be operated twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays.more
Ryanair has been voted the worst short-haul airline for handling refunds during the COVID-19 pandemic and has come under fire for its "consistently terrible customer service".more