Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has announced a new agreement between the Foreign Secretary and Transport Secretary and carriers including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, Jet2 and Titan Airways to help repatriate British travellers who are stranded abroad.
People who are struggling to get home will be able to book and transfer tickets between the carriers where commercial routes are still available. Where they are not, Raab said the government had invested £75 million in making sure special charter flights are affordable.
People who are older or vulnerable will be prioritised for repatriation and it will be all organised through a travel management company (TMC).
Chartered flights will go to destinations with the most number of stranded British travellers first.
The move follows travel restrictions from the FCO advising people against travel abroad, which came into force on 17 March.
