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Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Financial Times
- Ryanair has a few tricks left to see it through quarantineMagic Mike’s carrier is less exposed than most; Ascential counts cost of non-essential travel
The Telegraph
- Tuesday morning news briefing: Plan to cut Spanish quarantine to 10 daysYour morning guide: Arrivals from high-risk countries to be tested within eight days and MI6 'interfered' with 'licence to kill' case
Times Online
- Ryanair lands well short of passenger targets [Subscription]Ryanair has reduced the number of passengers it expects to carry this year to 60 million, only 40 per cent of the number who flew with it last year, and said it may cut its outlook further.
- Call to convert slow lanes into e-highways for lorries [Subscription]Slow lanes on motorways should be transformed into “e-highways” for electric lorries that would reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by up to 5 per cent, a government-backed study has found.
- Grant Shapps flies home from Spain and into coronavirus quarantine [Subscription]Grants Shapps, the transport secretary, will return to the UK tomorrow from his holiday in Spain in the wake of the introduction of blanket quarantine restrictions.
- All travel is now a risk, coronavirus holidaymakers are told [subscription]Holidaymakers were warned yesterday that “no travel is risk-free” as concern grew that the quarantining of arrivals from Spain will be extended to other countries.
Mail Online
- Grant Shapps ends Spanish family holiday to fly back to UKThe Transport Secretary said it was right he 'get back to work in the UK as soon as possible' to manage the fallout of the government's decision to revoke the air corridor with Spain.
This is Money
- Travel stocks hit by holiday chaos: £1.5bn wiped offInvestors took flight from airlines and tour operators after the Government removed Spain from the quarantine-free list with just a few hours' notice. And thousands have cancelled trips.
London Evening Standard
- Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to return home from Spain after air bridge scrappedTransport Secretary Grant Shapps is returning home early from his family holiday in Spain after the Government scrapped the country's so-called air bridge.
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- Transport Secretary Shapps cuts short Spanish holidayEven the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was caught out by the last minute change of rules.
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