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REVEALED: Boris Johnson Reveals That French Passengers Will Be Exempted From Its Quarantine Plans

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French passengers will be exempted from quarantine measures that will come into force in the UK amid the pandemic. Boris Johnson said on Sunday they would be imposed on people arriving by air into the UK, to prevent Covid-19 being brought in from overseas.  Mr. Johnson said he was "serving notice" that travelers would quarantine.  The prime minister said: "I am serving notice that it will soon be the time - with transmission significantly lower - to impose quarantine on people coming into this country by air."  UK airlines previously said they had been told that any quarantine period would last for 14 days and that people might be expected to provide an address when they arrive at the border.  Government sources had already indicated that people arriving from the Republic of Ireland would not have to self-isolate when the quarantine measures take effect.
 Despite speaking to the aviation minister on Sunday, airline and airport bosses told the BBC that they were still in the dark over basic details such as when the quarantine measures would come into force when they would end, and whether they would be continuously reviewed.  Airlines are calling for additional government support after the prime minister confirmed a quarantine period will come into force.  Airlines UK chief executive Tim Alderslade said: "We all, including government, need to adapt to the new normal, but closing off air travel in this way is not the way to achieve this.  "Ministers are effectively telling people they can no longer travel for the foreseeable future and airlines will respond to that by grounding their operations."  He added: "That is why they require urgent additional government support to get through this growing crisis."  The government faces a two-pronged attack over its travel quarantine, even though the detail on the policy is still sparse.  The pandemic is already causing acute damage to the UK's aviation sector, and airline and airport bosses believe the quarantine will make things a whole lot worse.
They did not receive the reassurances they wanted during a call with the aviation minister earlier on Sunday.  Opposition MPs are also wading in with the question: "If now, why not before?"  It's estimated that about 100,000 people have arrived in the UK since 23 March, when the lockdown was brought in.  Many people coming home in recent weeks have been left confused over whether they were supposed to self-isolate.  Government advice that people arriving from China and Italy who didn't have symptoms should stay at home for two weeks, was withdrawn on 13 March.  Air travel has ground to a halt because of the global coronavirus pandemic, prompting steep job cuts by the industry.  Ryanair has said it planned to ax 3,000 workers and ask the remaining staff to take a pay cut.  BA previously said it would cut 12,000 of its workforce and warned that it may not reopen at Gatwick Airport once the pandemic passes.

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