i am joined by the chief executive of gatwick airport. a really important day for you, holidays can get going again. it is really important. tui will be starting operations again tomorrow. also for passengers, being able to come back and have confidence they can come back and quarantine when i arrived back in the you have had to do a lot of preparations, preparing it. -- in the uk. we have never closed down. at the airport we have spent a lot of time preparing for the reopening of time preparing for the reopening of the flight across holiday destinations. lots of emphasis on hygiene, so hand sanitisation. obviously the wearing of face masks and the installation of perspex screens. and the installation of perspex screens. lots of emphasis on having hygiene levels as high as they can be so hygiene levels as high as they can be so passengers hygiene levels as high as they can be so passengers and staff are safe. that was the ceo of gatwick airport talking to our correspondent, katie austin. people living in care homes, who have dementia, are

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infections and that is at london's gatwick airport with reaction to britain's snap decision there to reimpose a quarantine on travelers from spain but 1st this report from. an unexpected change of plans now worse before boarding a flight from spain back to the u.k. these tourists have learned will have to quarantine for 14 days on arrival the country was taken over britain say travel on saturday and the measure took effect at midnight we had a wedding to go to and we help plans to visit friends and family that we haven't seen in about a long time i'm not like i have to cancel all those plans so it's really quite upset this sudden reversal follows a surge of covert 19 infections in spain we cry for straight right to be honest because it fails she feels safer in spain would it to the u.k. . before we left the u.k. it wasn't monday cheats rough rice must in a lot of places. but nearly everybody is wearing them so. many of the new infections in spain are among young people showing mild or no symptoms lockdowns were imposed in some areas and barcelona bars said curfews and many nightclubs

is usually high season and london's gatwick airport should be crowded with vacationers eager to fly to spanish beaches this time of year but in the midst of the pandemic there are a few tourists here. yeah it does feel actually reweigh it isn't it is i could be anyone here but i know the mom yet you want to talk to off anything it is just a bit confusing and scary. in june only 11000 passengers pass through britain 2nd busiest airport after heathrow a year earlier there are over 2000000 passengers here many are just afraid to fly during the pandemic like most airports gatwick has introduced measures to minimize the risk of infection masks are now mandatory and hand sanitizer is everywhere. governments airlines and aviation experts are also thinking about how to avoid the spread of coven 1000 on board some have suggested leaving the middle seat empty but airlines are opposed. they've proposed plastic shields between the seats or touchless lavatories which cost a 3rd more than standard aviation toilets. airlines and plane manufacturers are urging governments and aviation authorities arou

andy is at gatwick airport. he has been speaking to passengers there and says people feel the government's decision on the restrictions on travellers coming to the uk from spain have come out of the uk from spain have come out of the blue. i think everyone knew that these averages may open up and other places may close down but i don't think anybody expected it to happen within the space ofjust a couple of hours, so this decision has taken a lot of people by surprise, a lot of people coming back into the uk, and those who are going off to spain who will have difficult decisions to make. so the carrier tui has decided to cancel all of its flights to spain. there was supposed to be one to malaga this morning from here at gatwick. that won't be happening. but easyjet on the other hand, their flight but easyjet on the other hand, their flight to malaga did take off. british airways also are continuing to run their flights for the time being. amongst the travel operators and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappoi

simon calder is the travel editor of the independent and joins me now from gatwick airport. what's the implications of this for the travel industry? we were talking to guy, and for the spanish tourist industry, is well. starting with the uk travel industry, the word i have had more than any other talking to people, trying to run airlines and companies, is that this is absolutely devastating. in the very short term there will be a hit of tens of millions of pounds. for example, tui, the biggest holiday company in britain, has cancelled its package holidays to spain from today. that will, i presume, apply for the next couple of weeks, then they will have rolling cancellations thereafter, the phones will be red—hot for the big travel companies. but it is the longer term issues that people are particularly worried about in travel because this, coming withjust worried about in travel because this, coming with just a few hours' notice, means, as you've been reporting, that hundreds of thousands of people currently enjoying holidays in spain will need to go straight on from the a

london's gatwick airport has more on that decision and the reaction from space. the foreign secretary dominic robb has been on the television in the last few hours insisting that his government always plans to react to changing data as it easy out of lock down he pointed out that the data came out on friday from spain which showed that there were more than $900.00 new covered cases in 24 hours he said that it was clear that there were outbreaks across mainland spain in his words and so it's been necessary to tell people returning from space including from the valley area highlands and from the canary islands that they have to isolate for 2 weeks will the spanish foreign minister i don't check on file it has now said that spain is safe for tourists and the government is trying to persuade the british government to exempt those islands from the new ruling because the infection rates are much much lower there than they are here in the u.k. it's possible that they're actually on a par nationally in spain with britain but still it's clear that spain does have some pro

katy is at gatwick airport for us this morning. the first thing we notice is that you, like everyone else, will be wearing a face mask. that is absolutely right. good morning, yes. the very obvious change you will notice is people are being asked to use face masks when they arrive at the airport. like all the other passengers, you can see me. gatwick airport normally in a june month would have a million passengers going through the this month it was only 17,004. things have been a lot quieter because of the travel restrictions. now when people come m, restrictions. now when people come in, another restrictions have been lifted a bit, they will arrive, speak to this lady here behind a plastic screen and be directed to which check—in they need go to. and then they will go through their social distancing markers on the floor which you can see. then they can check—in on the automatic machines or if they go upstairs at some of the other airlines which don‘t have automatic chickens, there are plastic screens to protect the staff wh

july is usually high season and london's gatwick airport not to be crowded with vacationers eager to fly to spanish and italian beaches but in the midst of the pandemic there are just a few tourists here. yeah it does you i stevie wait isn't it is i could be anyone here but i never lead them on yet you want to toss anything that is just a bit confusing and scary. in june only 11000 passengers pass through britain the 2nd busiest airport after heathrow a year earlier there were over 2000000 passengers here many are afraid of flying during the pandemic e.u. transport ministers want to minimize the risk of infection and have agreed to require passengers age 6 and above to wear a mask another key measure is social distancing at airports during security checks and check ins and the ministers want more fresh air to be introduced continuously during flights but the middle seat does not have to remain empty cast wrapped airlines want to be able to sell all of their seats 2020 will go down in history as the worst year for global aviation airlines are expected to lose more than $74000000000.00

airport. the spanish government the foreign ministry put out a statement saying that they respect britain's decision but in the last 24 hours or thirty's in spain have been stressing that they think their country remains a safe place and that they are on top of what they call localized outbreaks now the british government has been on the defensive in the last couple of hours because people have been questioning why it was brought in this position of coron team with such short notice and there's also an argument about the infection rates some of the spanish press have been arguing that this is unfair because although. on friday the number of new covered cases in spain was around 100 it's still in the hundreds here in the u.k. and by some estimates it's far higher possibly higher than in spain well britain's foreign secretary dominic robb has been on television in the last couple of hours stressing that they got the information on friday but they only assessed it on saturday and that they had to

our business correspondent katy austin has been at gatwick airport and says the announcement is a big worry for the aviation, travel and tourism sector. it can be confusing. if you have booked to go out to spain in the coming days, it is unlikely you will be eligible for a refund unless they have been cancellations, and easyjet would usually be one to continue to run flights, although they say if they do not want to travel any more, there is a chance for rebooking a voucher. tui says it will be getting in touch with customers about refunds or rebooking, although it is questioning why the quarantine includes the canary and balearic islands when the advice is to avoid all nonessential travels and that only applies to the mainland. one big consideration is travel insurance, because if you go to mainland spain while the foreign office still advises against all but essential travel, it is unlikely your insurance will still be valid for sub it seems inevitable that seeing how quickly things can change will maybe make people reconsider whether they do want to book holidays in the coming mont

i used to clean out plans in gatwick airport here in london. and, um, you know, frankly, it's a tough old business when you've had 180 people on a plane. it's not great, particularly in the time available, for you to be able to get absolutely everything perfect. so some people might say that international air travel is the reason why coronavirus spread so quickly in the first place. so, let's say someone was travelling from 0slo to london, for example, and they ended up bringing and spreading the virus. does norwegian take responsibility for that? the social distancing measures taking place at airports are completely different to how they were back in march. i mean, most airports more or less stopped flying for the last three months. yeah. and it's taken us this long to also liaise with the easa, who's the european safety agency, to really find what methods are the best to ensure the best safety protocols. i mean, again, there is no guarantee, but it's a matter of people also taking the personal responsibility to be careful. yep. many countries

now i am joined by stewart wingate, the chief executive of gatwick airport. thank you forjoining us, stewart. morning. a really important day for you, holidays can get going again. it is really important day for the airport and airlines such as tui who will be starting operations again tomorrow. we are delighted about that. also for passengers, being able to come back and from many locations have confidence they can come back and not quarantine when they arrive back in the uk. you have had to do a lot of preparations, you haven't actually closed the airport, have you, but you've had to prepare it for the return of passengers. talk us through some of the big changes. the teams who work at gatwick have been open throughout the period. so we have never closed down. but at the airport we have spent a lot of time preparing for the reopening of the flights across to the holiday destinations. lots of emphasis on hygiene, so hand sanitisation. obviously the wearing of face masks, also the installation of perspex screens, to protect passengers and staff. lots of empha

find a way out of the crisis and there's a lot to discuss july is usually high season and london's gatwick airport should be crowded with vacationers eager to fly to spanish and italian beaches this time of year. but in the midst of the pandemic there are a few tourists here get a few actually we wait isn't it is i could be anyone here but i don't know whether i'm on the way i want to talk to often think it is just a bit confusing and scary. in june only 11000 passengers pass through britain 2nd busiest airport after heathrow a year earlier there were over 2000000 passengers here many are just afraid to fly during the pandemic like most airports get work has introduced measures to minimize the risk of infection masks are now mandatory and hand sanitizer is everywhere. governments airlines and aviation experts are also thinking about how to avoid the spread of coven 1000 on board some have suggested leaving the middle seat empty but airlines are opposed. they've proposed plastic shields between the seats or touchless lavatories which cost a 3rd more than standard aviation toilets. airlines

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at gatwick airport just south of london for wept many people depart for their spanish holidays in the u.k. this is taken many people by surprise what's the reaction. well the biggest reaction perhaps visibly has been from the british government which has been defending its decision after some surprise eased comments and a fair amount of anger and disappointment from travellers the foreign secretary dominic robb has been on the television in the last few hours insisting that his government always plan to react to changing data as it easy out of lockdown he pointed out that the data came out on friday from spain which showed that there were more the $900.00 cases in 24 hours he said that it was clear that there were outbreaks across mainland spain in his words and so it's been necessary to tell people returning from space including from the bali area collins and from the canary islands that they have to isolate for 2 weeks will the spanish foreign minister i don't check on file is has now said that spain is safe for tourists and the government is trying to persuade the british governmen

let's get the picture at gatwick airport, katy austin is there. good morning to you. as we would expect, it looks incredibly quiet there right now. what does it feel like to be at an airport in this situation? you are right, it is very quiet, very strange and one thing you will notice immediately, i am wearing a mask. that's because the requirement here is everybody wears a face covering around the airport. in terms of it being quiet, you are quite right. in june, in terms of it being quiet, you are quite right. injune, for example, there were only 17,000 passengers who departed from gatwick, that co m pa res to who departed from gatwick, that compares to 2.2 million injune last year, the drop off during the pandemic, the travel restrictions, has been really quite severe and now, things might start ramping up at something near normal. things are at something near normal. things are a bit different, when you're right there's lots of hand sanitising stations, signs telling you to maintain social distancing, markings along the floor in some backdrop areas, keeping people

london's gatwick airport and plenty of people flying off on holiday but for those travelling to spain it's a confusing time face with 2 weeks in quarantine on their return this teacher and her husband decided to cancel their trip to the countries south where we were going there is no outbreak so why don't some want them to look at regional madrid in barcelona like why not you know shut those down and then leave the tourist a bit. and that's a question being asked by some travelers heading to london from madrid i think it's it's pretty bad because it's just all of a sudden it's not given people much time to prepare. for everyone came and i also think it ruins comes for everybody since the number of cases here in spain. and i think it's. expected it to be honest spain recorded more than 100 new covered cases on friday in major cities including barcelona have seen a surge in infections with health officials warning a 2nd wave could be imminent the british government says it had to act quickly to avoid reinfection and a possible lockdown but the message from spain is the country is safer

airport yeah i think it's a great thing coming because people are probably a bit of tired of being stuck at home and always pleased to go to some freedom to throw whereas i want to see is a form of us all to take some rest. very confusing and. not. just all for some so happy local and now you know it's great that is being lifted some. really good the 59 countries list has some notable exceptions you where you said it's too risky. russia brazil and india china isn't on it either go home kong is and sweden which controversially didn't lock itself down is also missing plus some countries on the list like new zealand have their own core and same rules for arrivals. when the u.k. quarantine was brought in a month ago the travel industry howled coming so late in the crisis it would be nonsensical and pointless they said and it would kick an already crippled industry the measures were introduced at a time when our european neighbors much lower case numbers not rates the weight it so all it was doing was actually acting as an economic barrier to recovery in the travels jollity said but scotland

our business correspondent katy austin is outside gatwick airport for us. it's not long ago i was here talking about restrictions being eased, people arriving back and not having to quarantine for 14 days. that initially included spain although scotla nd initially included spain although scotland did not allow people to be exempt initially coming back from spain. however, that led to a lot of people thinking, now is the time we can finally book a summer holiday again, now that there was a list of travel exemptions, sorry, quarantine exemptions and spain was a popular choice for many people. now the uk government has changed its position on that following this indication that there has been a surge in cases in spain and passengers who were only given a few hours notice told us only given a few hours notice told us here as they flew out to spain this morning they were very frustrated by the short notice change. when we originally booked it was about four months ago and it has been changed five times since. this is our fifth attempt at going out so pretty anno

we can now get more from andy moore, who is at gatwick airport. morning andy, what's the latest? good morning. when these were established two a number of countries, people thought the doors on travel had been opened just a little but now it has been slammed shut. in normal time, when the foreign office issues a travel warning, that country is effectively closed. but these are not normal times. some airlines are trying to make sense of this. some continuing to travel to spain and others not. the new quarantine rules for spain will have a devastating effect on the travel industry, even without the knock—on effect of a wider loss of confidence. infection rates are rising in other parts of europe and there are localised outbreaks in many places. the foreign secretary said he couldn't give any guarantees for travel abroad this summer. the number of people affected by the spain quarantine announcement is now becoming clear. travel experts believe there are 600,000 british holidaymakers in spain. but now everyone returning home to the uk from there wi

we have reporters at gatwick and manchester airport this morning. andy moore is at gatwick. andy, what's been the reaction from the spanish authorities? quite a significant blow for them. yes, good morning. spanish authorities say they respect the decision of the british government, but they emphasise that spain is a safe country and they say the coronavirus outbreak is thunder control. the foreign office here is warning against all but essential travel to mainland spain. that means if you do decide to go, your insurance may be invalid. if you wa nt to insurance may be invalid. if you want to go to the canary islands of the balearic islands, that is your individual choice. infection levels asi individual choice. infection levels as i sat in that report vary a lot across spain. the canary islands say infection levels there are some of the lowest in europe. together with the lowest in europe. together with the balearic islands, they say they should be excluded from this quarantine, so they are lobbying to try to achieve that. also worth saying really that this decision to impo

behind me is the departure is a gate at gatwick airport. everyone arriving here is more 01’ airport. everyone arriving here is more or less a self—selecting group. in other words, over the last 2a hours they have decided to go ahead with the holidays, and that means eve ryo ne with the holidays, and that means everyone i have spoken to for sure says two things. one, that they actually welcomed the speed with which the government has made its decision on quarantine, and secondly they are taking a very pragmatic approach, which is, we are in the middle of an international pandemic. that means this is now the new normal, and that when they go away they expect to be coming back to quarantine and will be following the guidelines. i have to say, when i pressed them further on conditions of employment and whether they feel they will get enough help from their employers, this is where it all sta rts employers, this is where it all starts looking a bit more iffy. lots of people saying to me this morning that they are hoping their employers will

well our correspondent joins us live now from london gatwick airport nadeem what all the british and spanish government saying at this stage. well the spanish government the foreign ministry put out a statement saying that they respect britain's decision but in the last 24 hours or thirty's in spain have been stressing that they think their country means a safe place and that they are on top of what they call localized outbreaks now the british government has been on the defensive in the last couple of hours because people have been questioning why it was brought in this reimposition of coron team with such short notice and there's also an argument about the infection rates some of the spanish press have been arguing that this is unfair because although. on friday the number of new covered cases in spain was around 100 it's still in the hundreds here in the u.k. and by some estimates it's far higher possibly higher than in spain will britain's foreign secretary dominic rob has been on television in the last couple of hours stressing that they got the information on friday but they on

now let's go to gatwick airport and speak to sangeeta my scar. what is the mood therefore departing passengers and arriving once? this is interesting. i have just popped arriving once? this is interesting. i havejust popped into arriving once? this is interesting. i have just popped into the arriving once? this is interesting. i havejust popped into the north terminal where there is a flight, an easyj et terminal where there is a flight, an easyjet flight, about to take off to majorca. i talked to some holiday—makers and all of them are saying they are desperate for a holiday. they think the government has done the right thing. they are willing to take the hit with the quarantine. 0ne willing to take the hit with the quarantine. one of them was a nurse. she said to me this period has been so incredibly stressful for her, as far as she was concerned as long as people were going to get to spain, on the lockdown as the british government has asked them to do in spain, as long as they follow the rules, wash their hands, keep socially distance and,

yes, good morning from gatwick airport. this is usually pick spanish holiday time. 18 million britons to get spanish holiday last year this year things are very different. now, many people have decided to still go to spain. we have been talking to some here this morning. but for many of those, their holidays have been curtailed or cancelled, as you said, jet2 has cancelled flights to spain. it says anyone who has late this morning who has light should not turn up at the airport, those whites will not be operating. for people who are in spain and due to getjet2 like home, those flights will operate today. the alliances will give more information to passengers today and over the next coming days —— the airline. e2 are ready cancelled their holidays to spain. operators still operating our british airways, ryan airways and easyjet, but easyj et have ryan airways and easyjet, but easyjet have cancelled many holidays. and on refunds and insurance, because the official government advice has changed, refunds and read bookings s

london's gatwick airport and plenty of people flying off on holiday but for those traveling to spain it's a confusing time face with 2 weeks in quarantine on their return this teacher and her husband decided to cancel their trip to the countries south where we were going there is no outbreak so why don't some want them to look at regional lockdowns like madrid in barcelona like why not you know shut those down and then leave all the tourist a bit open and that's a question being asked by some travelers heading to london from madrid i think it so it's pretty bad because it's just come all of a sudden it's not given people much time to prepare. for everyone is now panicking and i also think it ruins cons for everybody since the number of cases here in the span of a rise and i think it's sensible measure. and i was expecting it to be honest spain recorded more than 100 new covered cases on friday and major cities including barcelona have seen a surge in infections with health officials warning a 2nd wave could be imminent the british government says it had to act quickly to avoid reinfe