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Airline and holiday firm bosses have joined in attacking the UK government\u2019s \u201cutterly confusing\u201d advice on foreign travel, accusing ministers of \u201cmoving the goalposts\u201d and lacking transparency over decisions on safe destinations.<\/p>\n
The UK was being left behind Europe and throwing away the success of its coronavirus vaccination programme, they said, warning that another lost summer would have \u201cgrave consequences\u201d for the industry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bosses of easyJet, British Airways, Ryanair, Jet2, Tui UK and others have written to the prime minister, Boris Johnson, to register their dismay at ministers\u2019 comments suggesting travel was dangerous, urging the government to \u201cstick to the framework\u201d of the traffic light system instead of telling people to not visit amber-listed countries.<\/p>\n
The letter says: \u201cThe government now appears not to want a meaningful restart to international travel this summer, and it is impossible for any business or consumers to plan under this scenario, such that we are genuinely fearful that some UK businesses may fail.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking earlier, the chief executive of easyJet, Johan Lundgren, said that there was no transparency on the parameters of the green list, compared with other European countries: \u201cThe government has made this into a guessing game, not led by data and science. It\u2019s made it tremendously difficult for operators to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
He contrasted it with conversations with European governments: \u201cIt\u2019s how can we make it happen? That\u2019s the attitude I\u2019m seeing over there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The confusion was exacerbated by Foreign Office advice that was not aligned with the traffic light system, the travel firms said. The chief executive of Jet2holidays, Steve Heapy, said it was frustrating: \u201cTo have two separate lists is utterly confusing \u2026 we have to make decisions based on conflicting information.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf one department in my business said one thing and another said another, I\u2019d get them in my office and bang their bloody heads together \u2013 and that\u2019s what needs to happen. It\u2019s simple \u2013 customers want to know: can I travel or can\u2019t I travel? And give me one answer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Flintham, the managing director for Tui UK, said many customers had \u201cbeen caught in the moral confusion over whether you should or shouldn\u2019t go\u201d. He added: \u201cIf you contrast that with our Dutch, Belgium or German business, the Europeans are looking at us slightly incredulous \u2013 we\u2019ve got such a strong position, the best vaccine programme, and not taking advantages from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lundgren downplayed fears of the spread of the India variant of Covid-19 stopping holidaymakers from going abroad this summer, saying the evidence was that vaccines were effective enough.<\/p>\n
However, he said: \u201cI don\u2019t think that UK aviation as an industry can go through another lost summer without grave consequences. In that case, the government needs to be ready and prepared to step up \u2013 it is its restrictions that have made it impossible to operate for players in this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
The government has said it will review the countries on the green list and the traffic light system on 7 June, three weeks after international leisure travel was legalised again.<\/p>\n
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