Portugal removed from UK safe travel list in blow for airlines - BBC

LONDON: Britain is set to remove Portugal from its quarantine-free travel list and no new countries will be added, the BBC reported, essentially shutting down the UK's leisure travel market once again in a hammer blow for airlines.

Britain permitted travel on May 17 after over four months of lockdown, but the limited reopening will be even more restrictive if Portugal, the only big beach destination which had been open, is also taken off the safe travel list. Portugal has been a lifeline for airlines and travel companies over the last three weeks, and its removal would deepen the crisis for the travel industry which had looked to June for a recovery to start.