industry and tens of thousands ofjobs will be in jeopardy. what are you hoping to achieve today then? i what are you hoping to achieve today then? today then? i think it s raisin . today then? i think it s raising awareness - today then? i think it s raising awareness as i today then? i think it s| raising awareness as to today then? i think it s - raising awareness as to the plight of the sector. i think there is a feeling within aviation and travel that to some extent we have been sacrificed, you know, the domestic economy has taken presidents and the reopening had taken presidents and now the government has confirmed that from july 19, restrictions domestically will be removed, we are really hoping for opening of international travel on the same day or close to it. we do think that with the effectiveness of the vaccine programme against variants of concern, including the delta variant, that it could be possible, should be possible, to remove the quarantine requirement forfullyjabbe
problem we have got is that the government announced a traffic light system and then really rode back from that system when it removed portugal from the green list at short notice and portugal was really the only market open to uk consumers. but we really need to start opening up the market, start driving volume because otherwise it will be really, really tricky couple of months in summer is running out and time is ticking. time is ticking. you survived last summer. time is ticking. you survived last summer. could - time is ticking. you survived last summer. could you - time is ticking. you survived i last summer. could you survive a second summer if the government does not change the current restrictions? i government does not change the current restrictions? current restrictions? i think it would be current restrictions? i think it would be very current restrictions? i think it would be very difficult. current restrictions? i think it would be very difficult if. it would be v
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employees and businesses from across the aviation and travel industries will gather outside the uk parliament today to raise awareness of the challenges they are facing and call on the government to open up the uk to international travel. airlines, airports, tour operators, travel agents, suppliers and partners will all be represented warning now is a critical time in the run up to the peak summer season. they argue travel can remain safe with risks managed. this comes as fresh hopes for a change to the travel rules by the end ofjuly dominate the headlines in the this mornings uk newspapers. tim alderslade is chief executive of airlines uk, the industry body representing uk registered carriers. good morning to you both. will
the ft reporting today that hmrc is to go easy on struggling companies to help with debt and this will be critical, isn t it? that the government and treasury can look at what they can do to keep businesses going for the next 2 three months and onwards. i next 2- three months and onwards- onwards. i think that is absolutely onwards. i think that is absolutely right - onwards. i think that is absolutely right and . onwards. i think that is| absolutely right and it s onwards. i think that is - absolutely right and it s what behind the optimism that is so important, that we need to remember the context of the optimism is massive support from governments, from central banks, from agencies like hmrc and he was mentioning grants as well so the optimism is based on unprecedented intervention that we are seeing from these different parts of government. so, as we look forward, of course, one of the things that these parts the government will want to do is gradually the interventions to get