A train company could ban conductors from greeting passengers with the words ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls’ after a complaint by a ‘non-binary’ passenger. London North Eastern Railway said it would ‘review if any further changes need to be made’ – and tweeted that it would encourage staff to speak ‘with no gender mentioned’ … Read more
A train company could ban conductors from greeting passengers with the words ‘ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls’ after a complaint by a ‘non-binary’ passenger. London North Eastern Railway said it would ‘review if any further changes need to be made’ – and tweeted that it would encourage staff to speak ‘with no gender mentioned’ … Read more
Backdoor to Britain (via Turkey): How airline passengers flying from ‘red list’ destinations are avoiding costly £1,750 UK quarantine by staying for 10 days in Istanbul hotels for a quarter of price Rules state people returning to UK from red list countries need hotel quarantine But UK regulations only impact people coming from red list … Read more
Backdoor to Britain (via Turkey): How airline passengers flying from ‘red list’ destinations are avoiding costly £1,750 UK quarantine by staying for 10 days in Istanbul hotels for a quarter of price Rules state people returning to UK from red list countries need hotel quarantine But UK regulations only impact people coming from red list … Read more
Airlines have only been fined 630 times for allowing passengers to fly without the right paperwork despite more than 12,000 people being caught on arrival into the UK since February, it was revealed today. Carriers have been blamed for the chaos and delays of up to six hours at passport control at Heathrow because so … Read more
Airlines have only been fined 630 times for allowing passengers to fly without the right paperwork despite more than 12,000 people being caught on arrival since February, it was revealed today. Carriers have been blamed for the chaos and delays of up to six hours at passport control at Heathrow because so many people arriving … Read more
Heathrow is charging passengers an extra £8.90 a flight to keep its check-in desks, baggage system and lights going after losing £1.5billion in nine months due to Covid. These costs are normally covered by annual fees agreed with airlines, but passenger numbers have plummeted over the last year, culminating in the airport losing its status … Read more
At least 52 people from a single flight from Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for Covid-19, despite all passengers presenting a negative coronavirus test before boarding. All of the passengers who tested positive flew into Hong Kong on a flight from India’s capital, run by Indian airline Vistara on April 4. Hong Kong … Read more
Thousands have raced into the UK from Covid-hit India – including the super-rich in private jets – to get back to Britain before today’s 4am ‘red list’ quarantine deadline brought in as a ‘coronavirus storm’ tears through the country. The Asian nation is now recording a global record of 315,000 cases per day as a … Read more
Thousands have raced into the UK from Covid-hit India – including the super-rich in private jets – to get back to Britain before today’s 4am ‘red list’ quarantine deadline brought in as a ‘coronavirus storm’ tears through the country. The Asian nation is now recording a global record of 315,000 cases per day as a … Read more