Bookings soar for Spanish holidays after ‘green corridor’ news Tom Mulvihill, Lucy Aspden
Britons are racing to book holidays in Spain this summer following the announcement that a ‘green corridor’ could be set up for vaccinated travellers.
The bookings boom has been sparked by comments made by the Spanish Minister for Tourism, Fernando Valdés, who confirmed earlier this week that Spain and the UK are in “discussions” over potentially lifting travel restrictions for those who have been inoculated against Covid, as long as there is no collective EU decision on vaccine passports in the next few months.
With the UK government also revealing its roadmap out of lockdown last week, with international travel a possibility by May 17 at the earliest, Spanish holiday firms are now experiencing a surge in demand from UK customers keen to fly south for the summer.
Michael O Leary, CEO of budget airline Ryanair, hopes to resume up to 70 per cent of normal traffic by the summer in a bid to get travellers flying again.