TOP NEWS: Jet2 suspends trips until June 23 on UK foreign travel doubt

(Alliance News) - Jet2 PLC on Friday said it will extend the suspension of all its flights due to ...

Alliance News 9 April, 2021 | 10:19AM
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(Alliance News) - Jet2 PLC on Friday said it will extend the suspension of all its flights due to "uncertainty" after the UK government refused to confirm whether foreign holidays will be permitted from May 17.

Jet2 shares were 3.2% lower at 1,323.00 pence each in London on Friday morning.

Announcing the findings of the Global Travel Taskforce, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps did confirm that a traffic light system will be used to categorise countries based on risk. He also said the government will work with the travel industry and private testing providers to reduce the cost of foreign trips.

Jet2 said: "Because of the continued uncertainty following the release of the Global Travel Taskforce framework, it is with a heavy heart that we have taken the decision to extend the suspension of flights and holidays up to and including June 23.

"It has been over a year since international travel was first suspended because of the pandemic. Much has been achieved in that time, making it even more frustrating that we are still to receive a clear framework on how to restart international travel."

Under the traffic light system, assessments will be based on a range of factors, including the proportion of a country's population which has been vaccinated, rates of infection, emerging new variants and the country's access to reliable scientific data and genomic sequencing.

The Department for Transport said in a statement: "It is too early to predict which countries will be on which list over the summer, and the government continues to consider a range of factors to inform the restrictions placed on them.

"We will set out by early May which countries will fall into which category, as well as confirming whether international travel can resume from 17 May."

At green, there is no need to self-isolate. Travellers take a pre-departure test and a PCR test on day two of their arrival in the UK.

At amber, travellers self-isolate for 10 days, unless they receive a negative result from a test taken at least five days after arrival. They must take a pre-departure test, and PCR tests on day two and day eight of their arrival in the UK.

At red, travellers spend 11 days in a quarantine hotel. They take a pre-departure test, and PCR tests on day two and day eight of their arrival in the UK.

The categorisation of countries will be "kept under review" with a "particular focus on variants of concern", the Department for Transport said.

The travel industry has been battered by Covid-19 restrictions which have emptied skies.

Jet2 back in February said it raised over GBP400 million in a bid to weather the Covid-19 crisis.

By Eric Cunha; ericcunha@alliancenews.com

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