The ABTA Destinations team have been advised by the Turkish authorities that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that as of 2 March 2020 Turkey has decided to exempt visa requirements for members of the European Union Schengen area, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, as well as United Kingdom citizens for touristic travel to Turkey for every 90 …
Client review of Daxing Airport
We received a wonderful email from one of our clients to tell us about their experience at the new Daxing Airport… ‘Yesterday I flew back from Beijing, the day the new Daxing airport opened. I was actually the very first passenger to board the inaugural BA38 from Daxing to London ! The new airport is spectacular. There were some teething …
Behind the scenes at Paris Charles de Gaulle
Brian and Natasha took off to Paris for the day for a combined behind the scenes tour of Paris CDG Airport hosted by KLM, Air France and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to promote Terminal 2E as a major worldwide connection hub with Europe and the rest of the world. Looking at faster security for connecting flights, sky priority check-in …
Emirates Announcement
Emirates announced the launch of a second daily flight from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) starting 1st July, 2019. The additional flight means that Emirates customers will now have 11 daily flight options to and from three London airports. Click HERE for more information
Virgin Atlantic – Tel Aviv, Israel
Exciting news! Virgin Atlantic are launching a new service between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv, Israel, with the first flight taking place on 25 September 2019. This new service will be bookable from 25 February 2019.
British Airways – Inverness and London Heathrow
More Daily Flights to London Heathrow. British Airways customers will soon have the choice of more daily flights between Inverness and London – and even better connections to the world. From 31 March, British Airways will be increasing the number of flights between Inverness and London from 10 to 16 a week, with two daily return services and – from …
Qatar Airways – Additional Flights from Edinburgh
APRIL 2019 Additional afternoon flight in April, providing Monday double daily Outbound Flight No. Timings Days of Week QR 32 08.40-17.40 Mon, Wed, Fri QR 30 15.40-00.40 Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun Inbound QR 31 01.50-07.20 Mon, Wed, Fri QR 29 07.45-13.15 Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun JULY – OCTOBER 2019 Three additional afternoon flights a …
Brexit Travel News
The UK government recommends that travelers going to the EU after 29 March 2019 have six months left on their passport, and is also advising that any extra months which have been added to a 10 year passport will not be valid. The Passport Office has released information to make travelers aware about passport validity changes in the event that the UK …