Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

More government leaks about easing travel restrictions.Manchester airport closed and flights diverted after a medical emergency.And how the ending of the “ID card” option will hit inbound tourism to the UK.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A reduction in testing for travellers arriving in the UK is on the cards – how will ministers justify it?Wales now allows cheaper Covid tests.And 20 years after Ansett Australia collapsed – the state of Australian aviation.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 years on from 9/11 – what has changed in aviation?Passport rules for Europe – please check yours as soon as you’ve finished listeningAnd, no, you don’t need a PCR test to board a plane from Spain to the UKSign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rail commuters disappear.Bus wars in Bristol and beyond.Jet Airways trying to revive itself.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today: easyJet and Wizz Air call the whole thing offThe “traffic light” review – what can we expect?And back on the rails? Let’s see.LNER reports leisure passenger numbers are now above pre-pandemic levels, but business travel is still only at the halfway mark.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The desperate state of inbound tourism to the UK has been revealed.Europeans touch down in Singapore for a quarantine-free holiday.More on those cheap trains between England and Scotland – railcards and timings.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New cheap trains between England and ScotlandAs one London Eye lookalike closes down, another is set to open up.And talking of opening up – that’s what Canada is doing.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve been at Heathrow assessing the queues to get into the UK.Ryanair breaks up talks with Boeing – is it a flounce or a strategy?And that Brazil Argentina match – what triggered its abandonment?Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel restrictions: the three reasons why even the most bizarre remain in place.Flights are being cancelled – can you expect more than a refund?And Sunday best for rail travel – in some parts of the UK at least.Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inbound tourism to the UK is being destroyed. Should you care?What’s happening with queues at airports?British Airways explains its plans for Gatwick airport – not what you might have thought?Sign up to Simon's free weekly newsletter at independent.co.uk/newsletters and all the very latest is available 24hrs a day at independent.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.