TUI Boss Says Holidaymakers Will Fly from Different Uk Airports to Get around Covid Rules

Andrew Flintham, TUI UK Managing Director has claimed that holidaymakers will head to different UK airports if rules in their country don’t allow them to fly.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Flintham said: “It is quite possible that if Scotland has one rule, that customers will come down to Newcastle and fly out of Newcastle.”

“I’ll be honest – our expectation is that there’ll be a different set of rules in different countries because that’s our experience so far. It’s not helpful, clearly. We’d like it to be aligned.”

Mr Flintham called for certainty and clarity from the government’s Global Travel Taskforce, which is due to report its decisions on the resumption of international travel on 12 April.

International travel will not start until 17 May at the earliest.