This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

View other petitions from this parliament

Petition Offer further financial support for Travel Agents and Travel Industry as a whole

Due to extremely low consumer demand for reasons of expensive testing requirements and continued uncertainty, a financial package of support should be offered to all travel agent companies, as well as the airline and travel industry as a whole.

More details

For nearly two years, the travel industry has been continually affected, meaning companies have had to close indefinitely or make large proportions of staff redundant. We must now support this sector. There is low confidence in consumers meaning income has been hugely affected across all areas of the travel industry. We stand together and demand a reasonable new financial package of support.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

1,583 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

International travel must not be singled out in future pandemic restrictions, urge MPs

MPs on the Transport Committee have published a report on supporting recovery in the UK aviation sector.

Read the summary: https://ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/aviation-recovery-pandemic-transport-report/index.html

Read the full report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmselect/cmtrans/683/report.html

In the report, the Committee called for the Government to future-proof the aviation sector against future pandemics, noting that the 15 changes to air travel restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic left travellers struggling to navigate a confusing ‘traffic light’ system, access affordable testing and secure refunds.

The Committee also called on the Government to:

  • build international travel into its future pandemic resilience planning
  • publish an aviation recovery plan by 1 June 2022
  • ensure any future air travel restrictions are evidenced with transparent data and proportionate to restrictions placed on other UK business sectors

What happens next?

The Government now must respond to the Committee's report, which was published on 25 April 2022, within two months. The Committee will publish the Government’s response here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/153/transport-committee/publications/

What is the Transport Committee? 

The Transport Committee is a cross-party group of MPs that look into the work of the Department for Transport. 

Find out more about the Committee: 
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/153/transport-committee 

Follow the Committee on Twitter for updates on its work: https://twitter.com/CommonsTrans 

The Transport Committee is a select committee. Find out how select committees work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_2RDuDs44c 

Get involved in the work of the UK Parliament

Sign up to the Your UK Parliament newsletter for the latest information on how to get involved and make a difference: https://parliament.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3ad7e4c57a864f07e4db008c4&id=26d0645ea9