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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.

The country's government is expected to make an announcement by 29 June on the introduction of a series of 'travel corridors', which will allow passengers from qualifying countries to arrive into the UK without the need to self-quarantine. The first corridors are speculated to be due to come into force from 4 July, however this is by no means confirmed; countries that could be eligible include France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Turkey and Finland.

The airline has announced that by August they will resume flights to more than 60 routes with 600 weekly services; they recently resumed flights to some European destinations, Brazil and the U.S.

The Turkey visa application centre in New Delhi, India is now accepting long stay (student, work and resident permit) applications, as confirmed by Gateway Management, a visa management company authorized by the Turkish government. Travellers would require a prior appointment to visit the centre for submission of applications.

From 13 July all travel restrictions and mandatory 14-day quarantine for tourist arrivals from qualifying European countries will end, but only if their COVID-19 infection rates remain at current levels. Based on current infection numbers, countries that could qualify include Italy, Germany, Austria, Greece, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Lichtenstein, Croatia, Cyprus and Ireland - but this is subject to change. The travel restrictions and quarantine rule will though remain in place for travellers from neighbouring Sweden.

In an update to previous announcements about the resumption of flight routes via a special Abu Dhabi transit service, Etihad has confirmed that they will connect passengers to a total of 13 European destinations from early July. Destination cities include Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich. They hope to increase their network even further from 16 July and are working closely alongside the UAE authorities to do so.

Turkey's national airline is continuing to resume flights to an increasing number of North American destinations, after our previous bulletin on services resuming to Chicago, Washington and Miami this past weekend. Flights to Los Angeles will start tomorrow, 25 June; New York and Toronto will follow on 1 July; San Francisco, Montreal and Houston are currently set to follow later in July.

The Dubai-based airline is set to resume flights to London Heathrow and Paris using their highly popular, flagship Airbus A380 from 15 July - hailed as the world's largest and most spacious passenger aircraft. The move will mark the first time that the airline has returned the aircraft to scheduled services since the pandemic forced the grounding of their passenger fleet in March.

Walt Disney Co announced yesterday that it will re-open its Disneyland Paris theme park in phases from 15 July, days after it plans to open its parks in the United States. It expects to reopen Disneyland Park, Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney's Newport Bay Club hotel and Disney Village, according to its president.

SkyTeam, an international alliance of member airlines, has launched a pledge to enhance safety measures across all of its member airlines at every step of the customer journey. Named ‘SkyCare&Protect’, the pledge will allow passengers to make educated decisions about their travel plans.

The airline yesterday published their latest update on flight schedules for June and July 2020. Reinstated scheduled services include flights to Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Cebu, Christchurch, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Medan, Melbourne and Osaka.

Spain's government announced yesterday, 21 June, that British tourists are now permitted to arrive in the country without having to self-quarantine. Spain’s borders are now open to arrivals from EU countries (except Portugal), the UK and some other Schengen area countries from 21 June.

The airline has today announced that they are set to resume flights to an additional 17 destinations across their global network from August; this follows the previous news of passenger flights being set to resume from 20 July. Flights to the additional destinations will resume from 1 August through to early October, and include cities across the Unites States, India, South Africa and the Caribbean.

The cross-channel rail operator is preparing to introduce facial recognition technology by March 2021 that will allow passengers to board international services without their passport. The scheme is similar to facial recognition technology in place at major airports including London's Heathrow and Shanghai's Hongqiao, and will be a world-first for rail travel.

The Netherlands-based airline KLM, a subsidiary of Air France-KLM, is planning to increase the number of passenger flights that it will operate in July and August, as travel restrictions related to COVID-19 begin to ease. In a statement, the airline said it would operate 6,900 passenger flights in July and 13,100 in August - that compares with around 22,000 flights per month in the summer months of 2019.

The airline announced on 21 June that it is set to resume international flights across its global network in June and July 2020, and has published an updated timetable.

The airline resumed flights to the U.S. on the evening of 19 June, after a suspension of more than two months; two planes bound for Washington D.C. and Chicago took off from Istanbul at around 18.00 GMT. Back in the airline's hub, Turkey has this month reopened restaurants and cafes, allowed intercity flights and car travel, and lifted weekend stay-home orders.

The global hotel group has introduced a program of rigorous standards for cleaning and safety, working with their housekeeping and cleaning partners to deliver hygiene protocols over and above the World Health Organisation’s best practice recommendations.

The global hotel chain is gradually resuming operations in many destinations worldwide - it will shortly re-open all hotels in Spain by the first week of July. All re-openings will follow the 17 safety protocols set out in the chain's manual, written in partnership with the consultant Preverisk and offering what it calls the highest possible level of guarantee for the health and safety of customers and staff.