In a joint letter to the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Advantage Travel Partnership and the SPAA have identified a wishlist of 10 ‘air bridge’ countries they want the Government to prioritise.
The letter reads: “The establishment of air bridges sooner rather than later is critical to allow the industry to get back on its feet after a prolonged period of stalemate during lockdown.
“However, whilst we welcome air bridges they will only work if the FCO ban on travel is reviewed in conjunction with their creation. It is the ultimate chicken and egg situation, and without the FCO ban revoked (even if it is just to those destinations with air bridges as a phased approach) the industry will lack the appropriate tools to sell holidays with confidence and their customers will have no recourse to adequate insurance.”
Advantage said it has drawn up a list of key destinations. They are as follows:
- Spain
- Greece
- Turkey
- Italy
- Cyprus
- Portugal
- France
- Iceland
- Egypt
- Malta
