The Government of the United Kingdom announced this Thursday the ban on flights from Portugal and fourteen South American countries to try to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus detected in Brazil. The British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, reported that arrivals will be suspended from this morning from Argentina, Brazil, […]
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Spain loses more than 200 million passengers in 2020 due to the pandemic
The air sector continues in free fall and the unprecedented fall in traffic is confirmed in 2020. The airports in the Aena network closed the year with just over 76 million passengers, compared to the 275.2 million who passed through them throughout 2019. That year, traffic had grown by 4.4% compared to the previous one. […]
Catalonia will not go to the next phase of its de-escalation plan in the measures against the coronavirus
The Generalitat has decided to stop the de-escalation in its measures to stop coronavirus infections. In this way, Catalonia will continue next Monday in section 1 of the plan started on November 23, which consists of four phases to be reviewed every 15 days. As reported by TV3, the Catalan Executive has made this decision, […]
The United Kingdom will give the option of Covid tests to reduce the quarantine of international travelers to five days
International travelers will have the option of undergo a test for the Coronavirus and thus cut the quarantine mandatory for 14 to five days upon arrival on British soil. The measure will be implemented on December 15, in time for the Christmas holidays. Airlines have embraced the ad as “the light at the end of […]
Simón says that doing PCR on travelers “does not compensate” and the sector says that its cost can deter tourists
One day after the Government approved to request PCR tests from travelers from risk countries who arrive in Spain, epidemiologist Fernando Simón has recognized what to do these tests are an effort that “does not compensate” for the low impact it will have on the transmission. “The impact of this measure will be low, although […]