London Heathrow Airport Have Advised The Fault That Affected The Terminal 3 Baggage System Has Now Been Rectified. Passengers Can Now Check-in As Normal, But Are Advised To Store Any Essential Items In Their Hand Luggage.
If Your Baggage Has Been Delayed As A Result OF The Fault Please Report This To Your Airline. Contact Us For More Information.
UK passport holders, along with numerous other nationalities, can now apply for an E-Visa for their visits to India. E-Visas are valid for leisure, tourist and casual business visits and are valid for 30 days.
Certain other criteria apply and applications must be made online at https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html.
The Vietnam Embassy in the UK has advised that its government has decided to extend its visa exemption policy for British, French, German, Italian & Spanish citizens.
The visa exemption will continue to be valid until 30 June 2017 and is for a period of up to 15 days for all purposes, e.g. business and leisure visits, but it is only valid for single entry visits not returning within 30 days.
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office has updated its advice for Poland due to two major events taking place in the country in July.
The NATO summit is taking place on 8 & 9 July in Warsaw and the World Youth Day is taking place from 26-31 July in Krakow. Both events are likely to cause disruption to travel generally, but particularly to local road closures, in the case of the NATO summit, and to added pressure on accommodation in Krakow and the surrounding area.
There will be disruption to air travel services today, Thursday 26th May, due to the strike action taking place in France by air traffic controllers there.
Not only will flights to/from France have to be cancelled today, but services flying through French air space will also be subject to delays.
Unfortunately, further strike action is planned for next week too, on the 3rd, 4th & 5th June.
As always, we (GTM) strongly recommend that you always check in online for your flight/s and ensure that we have your mobile number and email address on file. You can also download the GTM itinerary management app which receives push notifications from airlines.
Virgin Atlantic passengers can now benefit from the airline’s ever closer ties with its Transatlantic partner Delta Airlines.
Virgin’s Premium Economy passengers will now enjoy Delta Comfort+ when connecting to an onward US domestic flight. This will be an automatic enhancement at the time of booking.
Delta Comfort+ offers lots of benefits like more legroom, premium meal service, access to Sky Priority® boarding and dedicated overhead bin space.
New rules introduced by the USA’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on 1 April 2016 could see travellers from around 38 countries being refused entry under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), even if they have a valid Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA). The little publicised changes require all travellers entering the United States, under the VWP, to have a biometric chip style passport in addition to their ESTA, meaning those with an older style non-chip passport will be refused entry into the USA.
Please do feel free to contact us should you have any concerns.
At a glittering event held at Woking’s HG Wells Centre on Thursday 28th April, Surrey’s business community came together to celebrate the Toast of Surrey 16 business awards.
Prizes were handed out in 11 categories and Global Travel Management were extremely delighted to win the award for Company with a Turnover over £5million from one of three selected finalists.
Managing Director Scott Pawley said winning this award was a fantastic achievement on behalf of all of our employees and hopes that it will be the first of many at the Toast of Surrey awards.
British Airways is reinstating its Heathrow-Inverness service this week almost 20 years after it ceased operations on the route. The new daily service, which ended in 1997, will connect Inverness and the Highlands to London.
Inverness joins Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle with an air service into Heathrow and access to BA’s worldwide network.
Valid from now until 14th June 2016, Virgin Atlantic is offering customers who purchase a Premium Economy ticket the chance to upgrade to Upper Class free-of-charge. This will also enable travellers the opportunity to try, if they haven’t before, Virgin’s Upper Class Wing at Heathrow and their Clubhouses.
Please feel free to contact us to discuss the offer in more detail and the chance to fly Upper Class!
