READY FOR TAKE-OFF
Flights ++ Airports ++ New routes
IRISH LINK
AER Lingus will resume flights between Bristol and Dublin tomorrow, operating five days a week with single fares from £39.99 (aerlingus.com). Fully vaccinated people can visit Ireland without tests or quarantine.
BA SALE
BRITISH Airways has reduced flight prices in September to many beach destinations including Portugal, Greece, Barbados and Antigua (ba. com/sale). Fares start at £30 one way to Menorca, Lanzarote and Pula in Croatia. Book by August 3 for Europe and August 9 for the Caribbean.
MORE MADEIRA
JET2.COM is increasing its services to green-listed Madeira in autumn. Extra flights will operate from Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds Bradford in September and October when the island is still sunny. Flights are also available from six other UK airports (jet2.com, visitmadeira.pt).
TUI TAKES OFF
TUI has restarted flights to amber-list destinations including Cyprus, Morocco, La Palma, Jamaica and St Lucia. Croatia follows next week but holidays to Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic will not run before September 4 (tui.co.uk).
HEATHROW PRIZES
HEATHROW Airport is celebrating 75 years as a commercial airport with a Come Fly Again campaign offering free flights, meals and travel gifts as prizes. Entrants need to say who they would most like to meet up with and why (heathrow. com/comeflyagain).
LEARN AS YOU FLY
CHILDREN flying with easyJet can now enjoy interactive stories that encourage them to learn foreign languages including French, Spanish and Italian. Two books in the Mizzi Mozzi series can be downloaded for free before take-off using a seatback QR code. ‘Holiday Helpers’ will also be on hand at Gatwick to assist families (easyjet.com, mizzimozzi.com).
■ FOR advice on where you can travel, see gov.uk/ foreign-travel-advice