Today’s headlines: Sunday news [so far] on restarting transatlantic travel and allowing UK and EU travellers to visit the US.



A round up of lifting the US UK travel ban headlines from today. 

British Airline Association (BAA) boss discusses the devastating impact the pandemic has had on UK airlines - Let's get the US / UK corridor open [Daily Express]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/british-airline-association-baa-boss.html?m=1

Optimism: UK not ruled out relaxing restrictions, such as on foreign travel for those who have received both coronavirus vaccines The Guardian]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/optimism-uk-not-ruled-out-relaxing.html?m=1

Optimism: England Public health chiefs raises possibility of 'alternatives to isolation' for double-jabbed holidaymakers [Sky News]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/optimism-england-public-health-chiefs.html?m=1

UK officials speaking with countries about how high-vaccinations nations can open up to foreign travel [BBC]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/uk-officials-speaking-with-countries.html?m=1

BBC News mentions this morning the restriction of flights between the UK-US is significantly damaging to both separation of families and hitting the aviation business hard.

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/bbc-news-mentions-this-morning.html?m=1

Great to see the transatlantic skies above are busy. It would be even better if we could freely fly to the USA without restrictions.

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/great-to-see-transatlantic-skies-above.html?m=1

Americans are travelling again, as USA's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2,081,115 people at airport security checkpoints on Friday. Time to open up for EU/UK travellers. [TSA]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/americans-are-travelling-again-as-usas.html?m=1

British Airways boss cannot wait for travel ban to be lifted so he can fly transatlantic to New York City [The Times]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/british-airways-boss-cannot-wait-for.html?m=1

British airline Pilots are calling for urgent action to reopen holiday travel including US transatlantic routes

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/british-airline-pilots-are-calling-for.html?m=1

British Airways boss cannot wait for travel ban to be lifted so he can fly transatlantic to New York City [The Times]

https://usuktravel.blogspot.com/2021/06/british-airways-boss-cannot-wait-for.html?m=1