Ryanair – Airports: Absurd game of colors played by the British government

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair and the company that controls Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands airports have announced that they will take legal action against the government of Boris Johnson, demanding a change in the color rating system of airline destinations.

The plaintiffs are asking the government to explain with transparency and clarity exactly through what criteria it decides which country will be on the green list, describing it as safe for British travelers to visit in the midst of a pandemic. According to the BBC on Thursday morning, "the initiative of Ryanair and the three airports has the support of other major airlines operating in Britain".

Government ministers in London say the color rating system of various tourist destinations "carefully monitors the risk of new coronavirus mutations". It is recalled that the current system classifies the various countries into three categories, green, orange and red, depending on their epidemiological picture and the risk of a foreign visitor becoming infected with Covid-19 and its mutations.

British travelers visiting countries on the green list do not need to be isolated when returning to their country. They just have to do a coronavirus test before leaving the "green" country and one after returning to Britain. Those arriving from the amber list countries must be quarantined and have sequential molecular tests, while those returning from the red list countries have even greater restrictions - they must be quarantined for 10 days at one of the government-leased hotels, for this purpose. In addition, arrivals from "red" countries are permitted by the British Government only for travelers of British or Irish nationality or for permanent residents of Britain.

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