UK airline managements and their employees on Wednesday led protests involving the wider travel industry against what they say amounts to government mismanagement of Covid travel restrictions. The protesters say that the UK’s so-called “traffic light” system for color-coding Covid risk levels for visitors from different countries has been confusing and inconsistent, resulting in serious harm to the travel sector.
The industry’s “travel day of action” involved protests outside the UK parliament and also across the country at airports and other sites associated with the travel industry. It came a day ahead of a planned parliamentary debate on the issue in which many expect the government to face criticism from its own Conservative Party representatives, and also 24 hours before officials are due to review the list of countries for which onerous Covid testing and quarantine requirements apply.
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