According to the Daily Telegraph, the U.K. government is about to release a list of 75 countries with whom travel will be allowed, quarantine-free, meaning that it has decided to get rid of the idea of allowing travel through ‘air bridges’.
The list is due to be published today or tomorrow and will lift the foreign office ban on non-essential travel to many countries. It is understood that these countries will include all EU destinations, all British territories, such as Bermuda and Gibraltar, and Australia and New Zealand. Turkey and Thailand are also thought to be on the list.
Travelers arriving back into the U.K. after visiting these countries will no longer have to quarantine for two weeks upon their return. The 75 countries have been decided based upon their low rates of Covid-19.The list of air bridge countries was expected 2 July, to begin 6 July, but it appears the government has scrapped the plan–deemed confusing by travel agents–in favour of quarantine-free travel.
However, whilst the U.K. is lifting quarantine on 75 destinations, U.K. arrivals in these destinations will still be subject to individual border controls and requirements.Ryanair began flying from the U.K. on 1 July to EU destinations, reporting that planes were 67% full. It seems that holidaymakers from the U.K. decided to take the risk that the quarantine would be finished upon their return, or that they would face the consequences when they returned.
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s CEO, told The Telegraph that “it’s quite clear that British families going on holidays have decided, one, either the quarantine will be removed before they come home, or two, they will fill in the form and then just go about their normal lives.”
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Source: https://www.forbes.com
