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
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 green watch list in other words they re at risk of moving back to amber at short notice. the travel industry body abta is warning the announcement 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
Madrid / Geneva, Apr 24 (ANI): The UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have launched a destination tracker in preparation for the restart of international travel.