Simon Calder on what’s really happening with international travel

Demand for flights from the US to the UK have surged since the Government announced it would scrap the quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Rachelle Abbott29 July 2021

Leading travel journalist Simon Calder joins the podcast to try to explain what the government’s doing with international travel, as the UK opens up its borders but other countries keep theirs all but closed to Brits.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s hinted more destinations will be added to our so-called “green-list” and pressure’s being applied to the US to open up a corridor with the UK.

But Simon says Joe Biden will “not be quaking in the Oval Office” with US domestic tourism on the rise, and Stateside airlines not suffering the same losses as their British counterparts.

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