Unlocking the lockdown

[chris and jackie]

Portugal have also offered air bridge to Brits, looks like travel will be possible from mid June depending on what UK propose on quarantine, RyanAir will be happy as no cancellations etc.

[Derek]

https://www.costa-news.com/costa-blanca-news/valencia-region-will-not-request-phase-two-status-next-monday/

Valencia region will not request phase two status next Monday

[kevinb]

https://mol.im/a/8337277
This was announced this morning.

[chris and jackie]

If the daily Mail is right which quite often it isn't that will be the end of any travel then, personally I am not planning to go until September but tourist establishments will not recover from this blow across Southern Europe.

[Maricia]

According to ITV news this evening, Greece is opening up for tourists and have produced a list of countries who can fly in.................UK is not on that list according to news reader Mary Nightingale.

BW

Maricia

[chris and jackie]

On Monday, 11 member states - Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain - agreed to a set of rules aimed at allowing cross-border travel while minimising the risk of Covid-19 infections.

above is the list who have agreed reciprocal travel arrangements as you say U.K. Not taking part.

[kevinb]

You may well be able to fly to Greece but will be confined to your house for two weeks when you return to the UK, not a feasible scenario for working people.

[tonybeach]

Ryanair have today cancelled our flight Alicante to East Midlands on 29th July so I have taken them up on their option they offered of a full refund for our flight East Midlands on 5th July and the return on 29th July. not planning on holding my breath, still waiting for refund for cancelled flights in April

[BeachLife]

Hi Tony.

I had a similar email today cancelling my July 8th - July 15th flight. Before I hit the refund button and put myself in the queue for a payback I checked the itinerary. As think you eluded to it was only the return flight that had been cancelled. A quick check revealed that they were still flying on the 15th but the cancelled flight was just the late afternoon one.

So... I did a date change (for free nothing more to pay) on the one cancelled leg, picking a day when the pm flight was on and it went through fine.

I think Ryanair are consolidating their flights where there was two in one day there is now one. Hence I got the "trip cancelled" email.

Bit long winded sorry -  and the whole lot might get canned if we dont improve on our Covid performace in the UK.

[Tony Gillam]

Foreign Office advice is still no non-essential travel so none of your travel insurance will cover you for anything. Mind you, the withdrawal symptoms of a bit of continental culture is become so acute, it could almost be called essential travel now.

[Andy L]

Ryanair cancelled our outward flight on the 23rd of July, but as others have said I think they are consolidating flights to one per day, I have applied for a refund, I won't hold my breath, then booked on an earlier flight, overall saving of £160.00 if we fly, if not another claim will go in.   

[Blue and white stripes]

I had flights booked with Ryanair on 06/07 -17/07 which they have cancelled. However I can still book flights on their website on the same days only the times have changed. I got as far as 'pay now' on their website to check this out. It appears in my case they have told me my flights were cancelled rather than advise me of a time change.
Anyway I have now booked flights with Jet2 which go 22/06 - 05/07  for a similar amount. Let's see what happens with these.

[wilson]

As previously stated we have numerous Ryanair flights over the year, i think the coming weeks and months will be interesting. Whilst the airlines will resume flying to keep afloat, theyre very reliant on countries letting them land, but at what health cost. I havnt asked my spanish neighbours in GA but i cant see that they will want me and thousands of others potentially bringing the virus with us. Spain has paid a high price so far.

[Spurs]

I’m with you Wilson I’m not expecting to go to GA until at least November at the moment . If that changes great but I can’t see it yet

[chris and jackie]

Sounds like Priti Patel will put final touches to banning travel and possibly finish many travel companies off when she announces quarantine rules later today.