BBC News
By Lora Jones
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Firms have been chartering private jets to move goods as politicians hammer out a plan to reopen France s border.
Charter company Air Charter Service told the BBC it had received more than 800 enquiries from firms looking to avoid disruption around ports.
The firm said it was quite out of the blue , and it had taken 15 bookings.
About 1,500 lorries are stuck in Kent after France shut its UK border for 48 hours on Sunday amid fears of a new coronavirus variant.
Travel bans due to the coronavirus pandemic have typically included exemptions for freight, but currently no lorries are leaving the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel to France.