To travel to Spain if you have an EU DCC, or equivalent EU it is not necessary to complete the SpTH health control form. On the official homepage you can find more information about the vaccination, recovery or diagnostic test DCCs that are valid for travelling to Spain. By clicking here: here you can consult the countries that have an EU equivalent certificate. People in transit and children …

The UK government is reportedly set to end the need for fully vaccinated travellers to take expensive PCR Covid tests on return to the UK. According to discussions by government officials, PCR tests could soon be scrapped for fully-jabbed inbound travellers coming from green and amber list countries. It could take effect by next month, according to the Daily Mail. …

Quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated travellers could be approved before the end of the month. The Times reports it could be given the green light to start by 26 July., citing a government official. This is at the start of the busy school holiday period. A decision with the EU about recognising the NHS app for travel is close. It …

Officers from the Guardia Civil have arrested a number of members of an organisation that was dedicated to the planting and sale of marijuana, as well as the sale of cocaine. In the arrests, which took place last month, one of the detainees is an agent of the Torrevieja Local Police, who is alleged to have used his position to …

Spain will on March 30th lift restrictions on arrivals from Britain that have been in place since December to prevent the spread of new coronavirus strains, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said today, Tuesday. Passengers traveling to Spain from the UK will have to show a negative PCR test taken 72 hours before travel. Restrictions on arrivals from Brazil and …

In encouraging news for international travel, American Airlines is increasing its Summer schedule by restarting ten routes to the US from airports in the UK and Europe. These include flights from major travel hubs including Barcelona El Prat, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid Barajas, Milan Malpensa, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Rome Fiumicino. As part of American’s alliance with Alaska …

Iceland has now swung open its doors to welcome all vaccinated travellers. Beginning 18 March, all arrivals with proof of vaccination will be admitted, extending the policy worldwide from the previous rule allowing in only vaccinated travellers from the European Schengen zone. It now allows citizens from major source markets the UK and US.. “Our experience and data so far …

Heathrow faces the threat of 41 strikes over 23 days starting over the Easter long weekend. The series of spring walkouts by members of the Unite union as part of a long-running dispute are due to start on Good Friday (April 2) and continue until April 25. The industrial strike action will involve engineering, airside operations, landside operations, fire service, …

The European Commission has laid out proposals to create a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate “safe free movement” within the EU during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Digital Green Certificate will act as proof a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19, received a negative test result or recovered from having had the virus. It will record if a person has received a Covid-19 …

Virgin Atlantic is urging the reopening of UK and US borders to enable vital transatlantic flights to resume. The call came exactly a year since the US closed its borders to UK and Irish citizens and the week that the airline secured £160 million in additional funding in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. North Atlantic routes represented around 70% of …

Customer confidence in travelling overseas this summer has returned strongly, according to Jet2 and Jet2holidays. The UK’s second largest travel and airline group predicted “sunnier skies” ahead as it marked a year since the government first advised against all non-essential travel overseas in response to the Covid crisis. Travel confidence has returned strongly over the past several weeks on the …

Travel to and within the European Union this summer could be opened up if Brussels agrees plans today (Wednesday) for Covid-19 vaccine certificates. The European Commission’s plan for a ‘digital green certificate’ will be a proof of vaccination, immunity and test results, preventing the need for quarantines or travel bans. Spain, Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries will be able …