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Additional support will be available for businesses who have been impacted by the Omicron variant, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced today (21 December).
THE UK Government should provide financial support to the ailing airline sector, in exchange for promises to improve its green credentials. Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West and the party’s Treasury spokeswoman said the sector was vital for tourism and the economy, and needs help. However, she said that any assistance provided by the governments to the aviation sector should come with a caveat – to improve its carbon emissions and make significant progress in tackling climate change. The airline sector has been badly hit since the coronavirus pandemic struck, with international travelled largely banned unless absolutely essential.
Mr Jones said: Aviation is among the industries most severely impacted by Covid and urgently needs clarity about both the available destinations and the circumstances, for example testing and quarantine, that will apply, in order to build confidence among prospective travellers. Airports such as London Southend have invested to make travel as safe as it can be for passengers, we now need Government to play its part in rebuilding confidence and increasing passenger numbers by providing clarity. Until that happens, airports need far more financial support than has hitherto been provided. At London Southend, the AGOSS (The Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme), welcome as it is, covers only 5 per cent of what are largely fixed costs.