Economy

Heathrow Airport confronts Boris Johnson over traveler quarantine

The chief executive of the London airport, John Holland-Kaye, has asked the British Government to stop imposing quarantines on travelers.

Airport Flight Board

The chief executive of London's Heathroe Airport, John Holland-Kaye, has asked the British Government to stop imposing quarantines on travelers and introduce a testing system for people arriving in the country.

This request comes after the airport presented losses of 1.1 billion in the first half of the year this week.

Holland-Kaye pointed out on the BBC that Heathrow's financial results should serve as a "wake-up call" to impose a testing system on travelers, instead of a 14-day quarantine like the one passengers arriving from Spain have to go through since last Sunday.

The solution, according to this source, would be to mitigate the 14-day isolation mandatory for countries that are not on the Government's green list if they test negative.

"Testing travelers is a way to open up to travel and trade for some of the UK's largest markets and businesses that are still closed today," Holland said.

 

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