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On its own will not deliver the meaningful restart of international travel that the industry desperately needs . our transport correpondent caroline davies reports. no roar of the engines, silent and static. yesterday gatwick airport had 69 passenger flights. this time of year pre pandemic, they would have had between 800 and 900. as the school holidays inch closer, the green list is increasingly critical for the industry, but yesterday s announcement is good news for some. after over a month of hoping, malta is one of the countries that will go green from next wednesday. bermuda and barbados will also go green. but all of the new additions, apart from malta, are on the green watch list, meaning that the government is warning that they are at risk of going to amber. the red list is also getting longer with six additions, including tunisia and uganda. the green list does not go far enough for the industry. we re delighted the balearics
Earlier, we heard from our business correspondent, katie prescott, who outlined the reaction from customers and travel bosses. i think there are several issues at stake. when you look at the countries that are on this green list, they are also on a watchlist which means they could switch from green to amber at any stage and it s that uncertainty, both for customers who are thinking of booking holidays, or indeed going to see friends and family but also for the travel bosses because the second point is, it takes a lot of time to ramp up their capacity so that they are going to offer more holidays to these places, they need time to book hotels, flights, and i spoke to the boss of thomas cook this morning and he said it s really difficult, the changes that, quite short notice make it very difficult for the industry. the other difficult point is they were hoping for some solid announcement about what might happen to people who have been double vaccinated, whether they would be able to go t
You know, the government still don t seem to be following the data and the science because many more destinations should have been put onto the green list. and we would encourage, you know, a safe and sustainable opening of travel to really start to ramp up now. the uk travel industry is desperate to see more people setting off on trips. but it s notjust about the uk s green list. it s also about which countries will let uk visitors in. germany s chancellor angela merkel said yesterday that she wants to see the eu having a more unified approach on travel rules. to stop the spread of a delta variant, she s urged other countries to impose quarantine, as germany has done, on uk arrivals. but what about fully vaccinated travellers? the uk government did say that it was looking at removing quarantine for them, but not until later in the summer. we see that there is a case for double vaccination, fully vaccinated, meaning that you perhaps don t have to quarantine. so we can take those countr
Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. leading figures in the british travel industry have expressed dismay and frustration at the uk government s easing of restrictions on foreign holidays, saying it does not go far enough. sixteen destinations have been added to the uk s green list. in europe, those include the spanish balearic islands of ibiza, menorca and majorca as well as malta and madeira. further afield, green list countries include antigua, barbados, dominica and bermuda. it means from 4 o clock on wednesday morning, travellers from those green list countries will not have to quarantine upon arrival in the uk. but with the exception of malta, all destinations have also been added to the uk s green watch list in other words they re at risk of moving back to amber at short notice. in russia, alarm bells are being sanded at the rising coronavirus infections. premier of new south