expressed bitter disappointment. yesterday s announcement and the reality of today is incredibly disappointing for us, notjust as an airport but as an industry as a whole. but also for our customers. we ve seen it in the media this morning and just heard the restrictions are really catching people out. they ve had their vaccinations, they re ready to travel. so, a year are now from when the travel corridors were first announced, and we ve got one of the most successful vaccination programmes in the world, get we haven t really moved forward, so it is incredibly disappointing and frustrating. the transport secretary said a cautious approach must be taken, but travel businesses are frustrated and many holidaymakers face a sudden change of plan. this has been rebooked seven times. we did a lot of looking into whether it was safe to travel, and if we would have to quarantine on return. we re looking at trying to fly back slightly earlier. there doesn t appear to be that many flights, unfor
also, the remarkable failure of the british government to add malta and the balearics. in malta and the balearics, they have much lower covid case rates than the uk and malta has vaccinated more of its people. so there is equally no reason why they haven t been added to the green list. there will be short term disruptions, but over the main through the end ofjune, july, august, september we see most of europe going back on holidays and british visitors will be welcome to the beaches of portugal, spain and greece on their ryanair flights. cristovao norte is a member of the portuguese parliament, representing the algarve region, which is heavily dependent on tourism. he told me earlier that he was caught by surprise by the decision and that to his knowledge there were only 12 cases of the nepalese variant in portugal. i respect the decision but i don t think it s a fair decision. there were no major changes in the portuguese pandemic situation in the last few weeks. we have had a spike
when the travel corridors were first announced, and we ve got one of the most successful vaccination programmes in the world, get we haven t really moved forward, so it is incredibly disappointing and frustrating. the transport secretary said a cautious approach must be taken, but travel businesses are frustrated and many holidaymakers face a sudden change of plan. this has been rebooked seven times. we did a lot of looking into whether it was safe to travel, and if we would have to quarantine on return. we re looking at trying to fly back slightly earlier. there doesn t appear to be that many flights, unfortunately. the next review of the traffic light system is expected in three weeks time. katy austin, bbc news. we will continue with this in just a moment but let me bring you some news from the uk medicines
are effective against it. whilst we do that research, i think most people, i hope most people, will appreciate that it s right to be careful. ryainair chief executive michael o leary remains confident that holiday makers will be able to travel across europe this summer despite portugal being removed from the green list. yes, we ll have to deal with occasional government mismanagement such as their removal of portugal from the green list yesterday. also, the remarkable failure of the british government to add malta and the balearics. in malta and the balearics, they have much lower covid case rates than the uk and malta has vaccinated more of its people. so there is equally no reason why they haven t been added to the green list. there will be short term disruptions, but over the main through the end ofjune, july, august, september we see most of europe going back on holidays and british visitors will be welcome to the beaches of portugal, spain and greece on their ryanair flights.
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