International holiday air travel is to be suspended in England from Thursday 5th November under new lockdown measures announced by the UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson.
Mr Johnson made the announcement that England would enter a month-long lockdown earlier this evening from Thursday which bans all but essential travel.
The move means that while people can travel by air for essential business purposes but not for leisure or holidays.
The travel ban will affect all airports in England including the UK’s main airports London Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham.
Airports in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland aren’t affected by the lockdown but Wales and Northern Ireland already have a lockdown in place which bans all but essential travel. Scotland is working on a local tiered system.
The news will come as a blow to the UK airline industry which is already reeling from a devastating year which has seen around 1/3 of the normal amount of passengers flying.
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— to ukaviation.news
