EasyJet has moved aircraft from the UK to Germany in response to the countries’ differing approaches to coronavirus travel restrictions
EasyJet has moved aircraft from the UK to Germany in response to the countries’ differing approaches to coronavirus travel restrictions.
A number of planes due to take holidaymakers from the UK to Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca are departing from Berlin instead, the airline said.
The removal of Portugal from the UK Government’s green list means people returning from every major viable tourist destination must self-isolate.
The majority of countries, including Spain, are on the amber list.
A number of planes due to take holidaymakers from the UK to Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca are departing from Berlin instead, the airline said (file photo)
The removal of Portugal from the UK Government’s green list means people returning from every major viable tourist destination must self-isolate (file photo)
Travellers returning from amber locations must take a pre-departure coronavirus test, plus two post-arrival PCR tests costing around £100, and self-isolate for 10 days.
A number of industry experts believe the delay in the next easing of domestic rules means international travel will not be opened up before the end of July.
EasyJet said in a statement: ‘With 50 per cent of easyJet’s flying intra-Europe, we are seeing European governments are progressively opening up using frameworks in place which enable travel and much of it restriction-free.
‘And this relaxation and removal of restrictions has sparked a positive booking momentum across Europe, with the majority of our bookings showing a strong swing towards Europe when in normal times it would be a 50/50 split with the UK.
‘We are fortunate that we are able to redirect flying on our European network; for example, https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/thai-lan—dat-nuoc-voi-suc-hap-dan-la-ky.html we have moved capacity from the UK to Palma to Berlin-Palma flying, du lịch thái lan kỳ nghỉ đông dương and over the past week we have added 150,000 further seats to our intra-European network.
‘Europe is demonstrating that a safe reopening of travel is possible and so we continue to urge the UK Government to do so urgently so our customers can reunite with loved ones or travel for a much-needed break.’
Top European resorts including Spain and Turkey are ‘unlikely to be added to the green list before August’ – as demand for flights to Gibraltar, Israel and Iceland soars
- Toni Mayor, head of Hosbec Valenica, said he expects return later in the summer
- His comments come after a meeting with UK ambassador, reports the Telegraph
- It comes as demand for flights to UK travel green list countries have now soared
Top European resorts are unlikely to be added to the green list ‘before August’, foreign tourism chiefs have reportedly been told, leaving millions of Britons facing another summer without a holiday abroad.
UK ambassadors are said to have warned foreign tourism bosses that the return of British travellers to traditional holiday hot-spots such as Spain and Turkey will be pushed back until later this summer.
It comes as holiday firm TUI announced yesterday that it was axing more of its trips to top European holiday destinations up until July.
And one travel expert today warned that July was now being regarded as a ‘white-wash’ for industry bosses.
Despite this, some firms are reporting a spike in demand for flights to Gibraltar, Israel and Iceland – which are all currently on the UK’s green list.
Meanwhile, a new report by Which?
today revealed how less than one per cent of travel insurances are providing ‘complete cover’ for Covid-related disruption.
The latest travel set-back will be a particular blow to traditional holiday destinations – including the likes of Portugal, Greece France – which are currently on the UK’s amber list.
Toni Mayor, head of the Hosbec association of Valencia region hoteliers, said he did not expect to see the bulk of UK tourism take off until August, according to.
The fresh holidays blow comes amid a spike in demand for flights to Gibraltar, Israel and Iceland – which are all currently on the UK’s green list
There has also been a 40 per cent increase in demand for flights to Iceland.
Pictured: Geysir Strokkur – a popular tourist hot spot in Iceland
His comments come after a meeting with Hugh Elliott, who has been the UK’s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra since 2019.
Meanwhile, tourism chiefs in Turkey are also understood to have received a similar message, after a meeting with UK Foreign Office officials, the Telegraph adds.
The news has sparked concern within the industry.
Some now fear July – one of the busiest and most profitable months of the summer holiday season – will now be a blow-out for the travel industy.
Travel expert Paul Charles, CEO of the PC Agency, said travel firms have already written off July as a return for summer holidays.
‘July is a white-wash,’ he told MailOnline.
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