Αssociated Press reports from London The air would normally be full of anticipation with kids excitedly planning the coming two weeks and parents anxiously making sure everyone gets on the flight.
The first Friday after schools in Britain close for the summer is always one of the busiest for the country’s airports as families escape for the warmer climes of southern Europe, from Portugal’s Algarve in the west to the island nation of Cyprus to the east.
Not this year. The Covid-19 pandemic has ended all that.
The concourses at London’s Gatwick Airport, which is the U.K.’s second-busiest, are eerily quiet. In any normal year, it would be the busiest day for departures with 85,000 travelers leaving – only 7,500 are set to take off Friday amid worries about flying in the era of COVID-19.
Read the full report at thenationalherald.com
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