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Norway's government has said that from 15 July, the country will allow quarantine-free travel for those living in certain EU/EEA countries where the level of infection is at a low level. The list of countries is set to be published on 10 July on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health website.

The Greek government has announced that it has banned all but essential travel from Serbia, as COVID-19 infection numbers steadily rise in the Balkan country. For a week from the morning of 6 July, all entry points are closed to Serbian travellers. The move comes days after Serbian authorities re-imposed lockdown restrictions in the capital Belgrade.

The UK government have this morning issued a press release confirming that passengers returning to or visiting England from Germany, France, Spain and Italy will no longer need to self-isolate on arrival from 10 July 2020. A further announcement is expected at around lunchtime today, 3 July, whereby a list of around 50 countries may be announced as also exempt from self-isolation requirements. The UK's devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to set out their own requirements.

The UK government has confirmed a list of 59 countries from which visitors or returning passengers are due to be exempt from the current 14-day self-quarantine on arrival requirement in England from 10 July. The devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to set out their own approach to exemptions seperately.

Pakistan International Airlines have suspended flights to and from the UK with immediate effect, following a decision by the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) preventing the airline from operating within the EU.

Airlines within the Lufthansa Group have published their summer flight schedule through to October 2020, when they will return to over 90% of short and medium haul destinations and 70% of long haul destinations compared to the same periods last year. The group’s core airline, Lufthansa, expects to be operating 150 flights on the U.S. continent each week in summer/autumn via their German hubs in Frankfurt and Munich. Around 90 flights a week are planned to Asia, over 45 to the Middle East and over 40 to Africa.

Passengers returning to Switzerland from regions deemed to be at high-risk from COVID-19 will be quarantined, the country's government announced on 1 July; it will maintain and update a list of affected countries from which passengers must self-isolate for ten days beginning on 6 July. It also said it expected to follow the EU's recommendation to lift restrictions on travel from 15 countries outside Europe’s generally border-free Schengen zone, but would not lift the measures until 20 July —compared to the EU's 1 July proposal.

In addition to a number of domestic routes resuming, the airline will also in August fly 25% of its 2019 international schedule for the same month. This includes adding a number of services to the Caribbean and Mexico; in Europe, United will boost its schedule to the connecting hubs of Lufthansa Group partners including Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich. Resumed Asian routes will include Tahiti and New Delhi, and the carrier also will add five routes to Canada plus 35 routes to Latin America.

A finalised list of 14 countries from which passengers are permitted to enter the EU’s 27 member, and four other, nations in Europe’s visa-free Schengen travel zone has been released; they are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. China may also soon be included if they confirm reciprocity. As expected, the U.S. is excluded for now, but the list will be reviewed every 14 days.

The Latvian government has announced that direct commercial flights between Latvia and the United Kingdom can resume. Details of flights can be found on airlines’ websites; travellers arriving in Latvia from the United Kingdom are still though required to self-isolate for 14 days.

The country's government has announced that direct flights from the UK and Sweden will not be allowed until 15 July, adding that they would use EU guidelines to determine which countries were considered at high risk of spreading COVID-19. Greece reopened its main airports in Athens and Thessaloniki to some international flights on 15 June, and will reopen all others on 1 July; flights from most other European destinations will be permitted from that date.

On 29 June Ireland entered phase three of its roadmap for easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions; travel anywhere within the country is now permitted and most businesses can re-open. Citizens must though maintain social distancing guidelines, wear face coverings in a number of public settings and keep a log of their contacts throughout the day to assist with contact tracing.

British Airways have announced that from 3 July they will operate three direct flights per week from Tokyo Haneda Airport to the UK's London Heathrow Airport. Airlines already operating or resuming direct services between these airports include Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. Until the end of July, all passengers arriving in Japan may be required to take a PCR test for COVID-19, and all must self-isolate for 14 days; passengers arriving in the UK must also self-isolate for 14 days.

The airline has said that it has started consultations on plans to close operating hubs at London Stansted, London Southend and Newcastle international airports; this follows a previous announcement that it may need to reduce staff numbers by up to a third because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cain International, the privately held real estate investment firm operating in Europe and the US, has signed an agreement with Oberoi, the award-winning hotel group, for the operation of 23 serviced residences at 17-22 South Audley Street, in London’s Mayfair. The Oberoi Group was established in 1934 and owns and operates 33 five-star hotels and luxury resorts across India, Indonesia, Morocco, Mauritius, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

The country's government has imposed a stringent lockdown on the city of Leicester, a city of around 330,000 people which accounted for 10% of all positive cases in England in the past week. Non-essential shops in the city have closed today, 30 June, and schools will close for most pupils from 2 July. Non-essential travel in and out of a government-designated boundary line is also prohibited.

The country's arrival testing fee is changing from 1 July - it will now be ISK 11,000 (around US$80) or ISK 9,000 (around US$65) if booked in advance. All passengers arriving via commercial flights to Iceland can chose to be tested for COVID-19 or self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival.

The country's national airline is set to resume flights between Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and Manchester Airport from 2 July, operating three services per week departing on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Ethiopian Airlines are currently also offering seven flights per week from Addis Ababa to London Heathrow Airport, as well as routes to other European cities.

LNER have published an update series of resources on health and safety measures being implemented for travel on its UK rail network, including information on air filtering systems being employed. Also included are updated timetables, in-station requirements and a reminder of mandatory PPE guidelines.

In an update to a previous alert, while UK government ministers confirmed on 26 June that travel arrangements with selected countries would be confirmed shortly, the list of eligible 'travel corridor' participants and the date from which the system will begin has not yet been finalised. Arrivals from low-risk countries are set to be exempt from the UK's mandatory 14-day self-quarantine; reportedly, an expert panel will arrange nations in three categories within a traffic light-style system.