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Coronavirus: Travel insurance premium rockets by 550% as providers brace for huge payouts

Exclusive: Couple's annual policy rises by more than £900




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Coronavirus: Air and cruise shutdown to cost UK more than £40bn

Economic impact of air shutdown is estimated at £40bn, and cruise suspension £2.4bn




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Sands and time: from Lancashire to Cumbria in bare feet

Seven adventures in seven days: a seabed stroll across Morecambe Bay




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How to visit Barcelona without leaving home

Armchair Travel: Experience the Catalan city from where you are




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Coronavirus: Should I book my 2021 holiday now and are there good deals?

If you can find a bargain flight, package holiday or cruise at a peak time, right now may be an excellent time to book




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Ryanair still 'processing refunds from flights cancelled at the end of February'

'I really am disgusted with the way Ryanair has been treating its customers over refunds,' said passenger Steve Ashton




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Travellers arriving in UK will be told to self-isolate for two weeks

Authorities to conduct spot checks to ensure travellers are at address they registered




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That Summer: Braving the borders of a new Siberia in 1995

'We woke to blazing sunshine and the shimmering surface of Lake Teletskoye, shaped rather like an upside-down Italy,' writes Margaret Campbell




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Former Abta board member warns of 'zombie travel companies' – and threatens to sue holiday firms

Refund row intensifies as London ski company claims any customer who declines a 'Refund Credit Note' loses financial protection




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A380 is 15 today: will the world's biggest passenger plane make it to 20?

'SuperJumbo' made its first test flight on 27 April 2005




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Britain's biggest travel firm is selling Spanish holidays for mid-May

Exclusive: Tui is charging £323 for a week's self-catering in the resort of Salou, including flights from Manchester to Reus and coach transfers, on 15 May




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MH17 crash: Key figure 'of interest' to investigators is top Russian general, claims Bellingcat

Independent investigators name mystery figure as colonel general Andrey Burlaka




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The best new hotel openings this month, from Birmingham to Bali

Hotel junkie Ianthe Butt reveals six of the most exciting new properties for October




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World's biggest mass migration begins as China prepares to mark New Year

Three billion trips to be made during Spring Harvest




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Best last-minute holiday deals for January, from Italy to Sri Lanka

Pack off somewhere else in January




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Where to go on holiday in December, from New York to Jamaica

From gluhwein-fuelled Christmas market city breaks to a different kind of winter warmth down south, here's Estella Shardlow's pick of destinations for December




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Ryanair refund: Passengers fear they may have to wait a year to claim money back

'Ryanair are you honestly taking the mick? I don't want my money in a year, I want it now,' said passenger Danielle Koop




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More than one million inflight meals saved from bin and used to feed vulnerable families

Food to be distributed to disadvantaged people across Manchester




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Coronavirus: Foreign Office indefinite travel warning branded 'absurd'

Exclusive: 'The FCO has to alter this Orwellian nonsense, and it must become country-specific,' said Paul Goldstein, owner of a camp in Kenya




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Luxembourg citizens fined for inadvertently straying into France

Grand Duchy easing its lockdown this week




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British Airways job cuts: what will the redundancies mean for passengers?

It is certain that BA's intercontinental fleet will become significantly smaller




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British Airways could abandon Gatwick airport

'There is a possibility that we will look to close our full LGW operation,' BA tells Unite union




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Ryanair says no holiday flights until July and cuts up to 3,000 jobs

Heathrow airport says passenger numbers fell 97 per cent in April




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Justice Department spots signs of fraud in applications for small business coronavirus bailout

'Whenever there's a trillion dollars out on the street that quickly, the fraudsters are going to come out of the woodwork'




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Don't write off third runway, says Heathrow boss

'Do I think that the UK would benefit from private investors putting £14 billion of their own money into the UK in the next few years? Absolutely,' says John Holland-Kaye




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British Airways: closing Gatwick solves the Heathrow problem

The Man Who Pays His Way: will happen to the Sussex airport?




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Airports: when checking out becomes tougher than checking in

Plane Talk: People in this country have plainly had enough of experts




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Face masks to become compulsory for air travel

Despite questionable medical benefits, passengers will be told to wear face coverings




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France quarantine will not apply to Britons after diplomatic u-turn

'People entering French territory from European countries (EU/Schengen and United Kingdom) will not be affected by the quarantine measure,' says French consulate




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The Top Ten: Backronyms

From the USA Patriot Act and Gross to Spectre and Start...




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'It has been so hard to be alone': Crew stuck on quarantine cruise ship forced to stay in cabins for nearly a month

'It's really hard for your mental health,' says crew member




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Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,150 jobs and stop flying from Gatwick

Airline plans to 'reshape and resize' the business




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British Airways says no 'meaningful' return to service before July

'We will adapt our operating procedures to ensure our customers and our people are properly protected in this new environment,' said Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive




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Coronavirus: Ireland could stay closed to Britons until later in the summer

Exclusive: Tourism 'recovery story' not expected till autumn




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Heathrow expansion: Ruling that third runway is 'unlawful' to be appealed at Supreme Court

Airport chief told MPs earlier this week that expansion might not be back on the agenda for a decade




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Coronavirus: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to establish Baltic 'travel bubble' as restrictions eased

Baltic states agreed each 'had successfully managed the spread of Covid-19 and trust each other's health care systems'




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Virgin Atlantic: Things may look bad for aviation, but we will fly again

Plane Talk: Even during these darkest of times for aviation, there are opportunities for the bold




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That Summer: Stumbling through a year abroad in Barcelona in 1997

​'I was driven by a youthful fascination with this brash Latin world,' writes Ben Crichton




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Project lift-off: What frustrated travellers want to hear as Boris Johnson eases lockdown restrictions

The government's current travel advice prevents mainstream tour operators running trips and invalidates the holidaymaker's insurance




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Coronavirus: Holidays at risk as Boris Johnson set to announce 14 day quarantine for travellers arriving in UK

'Quarantine would not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy,' said Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators' Association




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Tourism reopening plans would be 'on the scrapheap' under 14-day quarantine, says airport boss

'For tourists coming to Cornwall from Germany, Scandinavia and elsewhere, that's the end,' says Tim Jeans, chairman of Newquay airport




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An agency hid Tesla crash data for nearly two years. Is that any way to build trust in driverless cars?

It was an extraordinary vote of confidence for autonomous driving by the nation's top vehicle safety agency.




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Amazon bets on electric truck maker Rivian

In its first big electric vehicle investment, Amazon is leading a round of fundraising by pickup and SUV start-up Rivian.




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Tesla Model 3 can no longer be recommended, says Consumer Reports

Tesla's stock price sank Thursday after Consumer Reports blasted the reliability of the company's new Model 3 sedan and dropped it from a list of recommended vehicles.




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Elon Musk should be held in contempt for unauthorized tweet about Tesla, SEC says

Tesla Inc.




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Tesla website and Elon Musk differ on Model 3 delivery dates. Two weeks? Four months?

Buyers who order the new lower-cost "standard-range" $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric car and expect to receive it in two to four weeks might be in for a surprise.




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The Elon Musk circus is about to enter a new arena: federal court

Elon Musk's contempt toward the U.S.




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Tata's new car is cheap ($2,467), but will it sell?

The Indian carmaker plans to launch its auto by the third quarter of '08. Rivals are skeptical.




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Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.




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In a bind, Musk hopes autonomous Tesla taxis will drive a new, positive narrative

Elon Musk is in a bind — perhaps the tightest bind of his business career.