Health Screening Offers Another Route Back To International Travel
These pilot COVID-19 health screening programs represent another way in which the airline industry is hoping to boost its fortunes amid the pandemic and get passengers back on planes. In the UK in particular tourists have been discouraged from travelling to the country by the mandatory two-week quarantine period for all international arrivals, with the exception of those coming from a small list of approved travel corridors.
The required two-week self isolation period affects travellers from the US, Canada, and most of Europe, significantly reducing tourist arrivals in the UK even as other countries such as France and Germany have shifted to requiring testing rather than quarantining for new arrivals. Heathrow airport expects to see a 72% drop in passenger numbers this year as the travel restrictions take their toll.
S James
Saturday 21st of November 2020
Well I don't see why we have this one way system. It's about time that there was parity. US citizens can travel to the UK but UK citizens cannot travel to the US?
Jeanette
Saturday 21st of November 2020
At the moment UK citizens aren't supposed to be traveling anywhere except apparently for work. Just saying.
I wouldn't expect anything to change on the US end before January 20th anyway.
Jeanette
Wednesday 18th of November 2020
It seems highly unlikely that any major changes can be expected until numbers are under better control in the UK and the NHS is no longer overstrained. My local hospital in the UK is currently at capacity, and it's no anomaly. And this second wave is likely to continue all winter long if not further (that goes for most places in Europe and the US).