Calls to ditch UK quarantine as first German tourists jet off on their summer holidays
Pressure is mounting on ministers to ditch UK’s quarantine policy as the first German tourists jetted off on their summer holidays.
London-listed tour operator Tui has started flights from Germany, Switzerland and Benelux countries.
Since June 8 British tourists have been required to quarantine for two weeks after returning from overseas, effectively cancelling summer holidays abroad.
Holiday hopes: London-listed tour operator Tui has started flights from Germany, Switzerland and Benelux countries
Tui’s first two flights went from Germany to Majorca.
A second route to Portugal, will soon open before flights to ten other countries start in July.
It piles pressure on the Government to find ways to save thousands of aviation and tourism jobs.
Ministers are trying to negotiate ‘air bridges’ allowing Britons to return from countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece without self-isolating for two weeks.
Last month Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said: ‘It is going to be untenable for people to see German citizens going to Greece while Brits are stuck at home.’