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Travel stocks are sliding this morning after the UK government removed Portugal from the “green list” of countries exempt from significant travel restrictions,
The decision to move Portugal to the amber list is a major blow to the airline sector – just weeks after the UK lifted restrictions on international flights.
It has prompted warnings of a deepening crisis for aviation, with unions urging the ministers to provide more support.
The move was bitterly criticised by the tourism industry, which had been hoping for more countries to be added to the ‘green list’, meaning passengers wouldn’t need to quarantine on their return.
So the news that Portugal will moved to Amber on June 8th, while seven countries, including Egypt and Sri Lanka, are…
