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Sunday, 24 May 2020

BBC News

• Coronavirus: France reveals reciprocal quarantine plans for UK arrivalsTravellers to France must self-isolate for 14 days, following similar measures announced by the UK.

The Independent

• SpaceX gets go-ahead for Nasa astronaut launch next weekDonald Trump will attend Florida launch

Times Online

• BA goes the extra air mile to avoid paying refunds [Subscription]British Airways passengers say they are being offered cut-price air miles instead of full refunds for cancelled flights.
• Ryanair to wing it with daily clean of planes [Subscription]Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, has said the airline’s aeroplanes will not be disinfected after every flight, and instead will be cleaned once daily with chemicals which he claims provide protection for 24 hours. Speaking in a conference call with investors last week, O’Leary said that disinfecting flights on turnaround was not possible and that airports across Europe did not have the facilities to make it possible.

Reuters News

• UK to introduce quarantine for international arrivals from June 8Britain will introduce a COVID-19 quarantine for travellers arriving from abroad from June 8, interior minister Priti Patel said on Friday, a measure that airlines have warned will devastate their industry.

This is Money

• Scammers use easyJet data breach to lure new victimsHouseholds are being urged to watch out for a new wave of emails from fraudsters looking to steal their bank details.

Other Regional Press

• Easyjet faces lawsuit over data hackVictims of a data breach by a budget airline are being urged to claim for compensation
• Here's where easyJet will fly to when flights resume from June 15 Budget airline easyJet have revealed which destinations they will fly to when flights resume from June.

EIN News Subscription

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• European fury at Britain's chaotic quarantine rules with French leading outrage … haulage worker and road passenger transport worker - A transit passenger … from the UK and the EU as of June 3. He … arriving in international UK airports are detained in airport terminals or hotels … of the pandemic, as our European neighbours did – we are now …