Most of Europe should be cleared for take-off under the government’s planned easing of air travel restrictions, says EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren.
His call not to delay the resumption of mass travel was echoed by Virgin Atlantic boss Shai Weiss.
He said there is now no reason for the government not to allow the return of US services next month.
Under the UK’s roadmap out of lockdown, a list of permitted destinations is expected to be published soon.
In a speech on Friday he cited research that suggests mass travel to many popular holiday destinations would have limited Covid risks.
Mr Lundgren revealed a study commissioned from epidemiologists at Yale University’s school of public health that indicated that unrestricted travel to some of the most popular holiday destinations would increase hospital admissions by 4%.
He said the research suggested that much of Europe, including Spain, Portugal and Greece, should be categorised as “green” under a traffic light system being proposed by the government to show which countries can be visited.
It is expected that governments will use a traffic light system to rank countries with high vaccination rates and other data, showing which are suitable for travel.
Mr Lundgren said the government “urgently needs” to publish this, and that most of Europe should be given a “green” light.
“As the rest of the economy emerges from this lockdown with some precautions in place, there is no reason why the same is not possible for travel.”
Source-BBC
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