Bosses from leading UK airlines are asking the Prime Minister to give them the green light for international air travel within weeks.
The British PM is expected to outline the Government’s approach for easing restrictions on foreign travel on Monday .
The letter was signed by bosses of British Airways, easyJet, Jet2.com, Loganair, Ryanair, Tui and Virgin Atlantic as well as trade body Airlines UK.
The chief executives wrote to Boris Johnson as ministers made it clear the ban on foreign travel will be in place until at least May 17.
“There can be no economic recovery without aviation and we are confident we have the tools to enable a safe and meaningful restart to air travel in May.”
Proposal is , When the ban is lifted, it will be replaced by a risk-based “traffic light” system with red, amber and green ratings for countries around the world.
► Travellers arriving from countries rated “green” will not be required to isolate – although pre-departure and post-arrival tests will still be needed.
► For those classed as “amber” or “red”, the restrictions will remain as they are with arrivals required to isolate or enter quarantine.
Published by The Sun, Airline chiefs raised the concern that, the restriction-free universal travel may not be possible by May 17.
“However there can be no economic recovery without aviation, and we are confident we now have the tools to enable a safe and meaningful restart to travel in May – allowing us to return to our job of reuniting friends and family, supporting trade and business and allowing Britons to enjoy a well-earned break again.”
The letter added: “We believe vaccinated passengers should not be subject to travel restrictions and that testing can also reduce the barriers to travel including for areas that are considered to present some risk. Only very high-risk areas would be subject to more stringent measures.”
Worth mentioning, United Kingdom lost £11billion in GDP because of the frozen US-UK air links by the end of last year.
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