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Heathrow: Coronavirus quarantine ‘strangling UK economy’ – BBC News
Britain is being cut off from critical markets, says the airport, which saw traffic plunge in July.
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Heathrow Airport’s boss has warned quarantine restrictions are “strangling the UK economy”, and renewed calls for Covid-19 testing at airports.
Thousands of jobs are being lost because Britain is being cut off from key markets, said chief executive John Holland-Kaye.
The warning came as Heathrow reported passenger traffic in July plunged 88%.
The government has said previously that coronavirus testing at airports is not a “silver bullet”.
Heathrow said that more…
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