Airports and airlines say they are having the busiest weekend since the start of the pandemic, but continued restrictions on travel mean this summer season will once again be far from normal for the industry. Firms believe that the Government’s unpredictable approach to travel – best demonstrated when it threw Portugal on the “Amber List” with very little notice, ruining the holiday plans of thousands of Brits – has damaged confidence. BBC News has the story.
Heathrow Airport expects 60,000 passengers to depart daily, while Gatwick says it expects 250 flights a day – up from a low of just 15.
But the numbers are still far below pre-pandemic levels.
Spain is the top destination for U.K. travellers, followed by Greece.
After 18 months in which the travel industry has been devastated by the pandemic, companies including Easyjet, TUI and Jet2, as well as major airports, said they would have more passengers this weekend than at any time since the pandemic began.
Air travel companies said the decision to allow fully vaccinated travellers to visit amber list countries without quarantining on their return had encouraged people to consider more destinations.
Manchester Airport said it was “an encouraging but tentative step towards recovery”, but it said the Government’s “chaotic and unpredictable” approach to international travel had damaged confidence.
Easyjet suggested the vaccination programme had given the travel industry a boost, with many Britons saying they were much more likely to be willing to travel once they had been double-vaccinated and that travel had been a major motivation for getting jabbed for many of them.
At Gatwick on Friday, several passengers said they were travelling for the first time since the pandemic began.
Many were heading on beach holidays, while others were visiting family for the first time in many months. …
Laura, on her way to the 70th birthday party of a friend in Northern Ireland, said: “It’s just so exciting to get on an aeroplane again.”
But she said it was sad to see the airports still with several empty car parks and closed terminals.
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Unvaccinated blamed for it all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZhv_XauO8
Utterly terrifying. Dehumanisation. In Israel. Fuck me.
How many people predicted this – that the unvaxxed would be blamed for the deaths of the vaxxed? It’ll only get worse in the autumn and winter as ADE starts occurring – only politicians and the MSM will be blaming the unvaxxed not the jabs!
Yes, check this article out, truly scary
https://leftlockdownsceptics.com/2021/07/collaboration-or-resistance-part-3-scapegoats/?doing_wp_cron=1627133464.2282309532165527343750
Thanks – I’ve come to similar conclusions myself. I’ve been having trouble sleeping for some months now, while trying to formulate an escape plan.
It’s only going to get worse, I believe.
Latest UK Government advice is that:
‘Even if you have been vaccinated you can still get the virus and you can still pass it on’ .
Logic plays no part in this. When people start dying of ADE, etc, the authorities will need a scapegoat – we’re it!
Of course, can see it coming a mile off!
Well, I think it’s safe to say that the last shreds of WWII holocaust sympathy are about to disappear.
The difference between what this psychopath is doing to his population and the Nazi’s did to Jews when they made them wear stars of David and barred them from many social settings is… zero.
But it’s going to be interesting. What is this monster going to do when hundreds of thousands refuse? Will he raise the stakes?
Surely there must be some pushback from rabbis if the unvaxxed are banned from synagogues? But maybe not.
Not rabbis but rabbits,
Leeds! Police overwhelmed by the masses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn1MbWm5gyM
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This megalomaniac should be locked up.
BA and the rest of the mask cunts deserve to go to the wall
I am so envious of those who can get away . Three hours in the airport, two hours at least on the plane, two hours at least on the transfer bus and then at a destination for a week ….where you have to be fully muzzled throughout.
For some though, getting away means seeing parents or children for the first time in a year or more. They face a difficult choice. I’ve travelled a fair bit in my life, have a nice place to live in the UK, and no-one abroad I’m close to, so for me, taking a stand and refusing to be tested or show a covid pass to be able to travel is not too hard.
Sounds lovely. Can’t wait!
More absolute nonsense; I’ve just driven down the M20 where the contraflow (Op Brock) is back in action to aid movement to Dover & Folkestone. 2 lanes in each direction on one carriageway, and 3 virtually empty lanes for lorries on the other. Forcing all cars into a dangerous narrow lane hell for absolutely nothing.
Leeds! Police overwhelmed by the masses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn1MbWm5gyM
Stand in South Hill Park Bracknell every Sunday from 10am meet fellow anti lockdown freedom lovers, keep yourself sane, make new friends and have a laugh.
Join our Stand in the Park – Bracknell – Telegram Group
http://t.me/astandintheparkbracknell
HOME EDUCATION – Ex-Primary School Teacher on Resistance GB YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ5oS2ejye0
https://www.hopesussex.co.uk/our-mission
“many Britons saying they were much more likely to be willing to travel once they had been double-vaccinated and that travel had been a major motivation for getting jabbed for many of them.”
Many of them are only being jabbed because they want to fly not because they want a jab. It’s called coercion!
It’s called blackmail too and fraudulent.