Regulations and Government
UK Business Aviation Fails To Win Quarantine Exemption
The UK aviation industry fears that already low traffic levels will collapse when the quarantine is enforced from June 8.
Business aviation traffic at UK airports such as London Biggin Hill Airport is expected to be severely curtailed by Covid-19 quarantine requirements starting on June 8. [Photo: London Biggin Hill Airport/Mike Rivett]
Business aviation traffic at UK airports such as London Biggin Hill Airport is expected to be severely curtailed by Covid-19 quarantine requirements starting on June 8. [Photo: London Biggin Hill Airport/Mike Rivett]

The UK government has denied a request from the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) to exempt private aviation movements from the 14-day quarantine requirement that begins on June 8. In a meeting on June 4, the trade group tried to persuade Home Secretary Priti Patel that the country’s business aviation industry would be able to implement measures such as rapid Covid-19 testing of passengers and crew and creating so-called "sanitary travel capsules" through rigorous social distancing for the relatively small number of people using this transportation mode.