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United KingdomBritain s travel reopening not enough, say BA and Heathrow bosses
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A British Airways plane taxis past tail fins of parked aircraft near Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
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The bosses of British Airways and London s Heathrow Airport urged the UK government on Monday to open up more routes for travel, including to the United States, and to simplify the testing hurdles needed to fly.
Britain lifted a ban on international movement on Monday but the government has designated only 12 countries and territories safe for quarantine-free travel on its green list , limiting any recovery in the industry.
Hopes that the great British getaway would be possible this summer grew, with easyJet predicting that most of Europe would be open for travel and British Airways confident on routes to the U.S., despite ongoing uncertainty.
Europe s travel industry, battered by the pandemic, is counting on
British holidaymakers to lead a tourism rebound this summer. After one of the world s fastest vaccination programmes, Britons could be permitted to travel from late May.
But over the last month, a
third wave of coronavirus infections in continental Europe has cast doubts on the bumper return of travel.
The British government disappointed airlines and consumers last Friday when it failed to say
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Hopes that the great British getaway would be possible this summer grew on Wednesday, with easyJet predicting that most of Europe would be open for travel and British Airways confident on routes to the U.S., despite ongoing uncertainty.
Europe’s travel industry, battered by the pandemic, is counting on British holidaymakers to lead a tourism rebound this summer. After one of the world’s fastest vaccination programmes, Britons could be permitted to travel from late May.
But over the last month, a third wave of coronavirus infections in continental Europe has cast doubts on the bumper return of travel.
Hopes that the great British getaway would be possible this summer grew on Wednesday, with easyJet predicting that most of Europe would be open for travel and British Airways confident on routes to the U.S., despite ongoing uncertainty.