Is the UK - Portugal air bridge likely? Swapping Easyjet flights...

lyle1993

Swapped my easyjet flights for July, utilising the fact you can swap for free at the moment, to April next year. However, i'm now reading rumours of an 'air bridge' between Portugal and UK...should I swap back now whilst there would be still no fee? If I wait for any confirmation of an 'air bridge' to be confirmed, I will likely have to pay a lot of excess for the original flights...accommodation not an issue.

Life__Goes__On

Do you feel you will go to go next April even if you go in July?
 

ess0two

No chance of any flights to holiday destinations before 1st Aug i reckon.

Life__Goes__On

ess0two said:

No chance of any flights to holiday destinations before 1st Aug i reckon.

I think the complete opposite,  there will be flights.  How many I don't know, but there will people willing to go to places like Spain in July.

bradders1983

In my opinion, by the time of the 2nd review by mid-July countries will be added to a safe list, the pressure from airlines and other countries would be too immense to ignore.

lyle1993

Life__Goes__On said:

Do you feel you will go to go next April even if you go in July?
 

No, wouldn't go don't think. And we changed it for only a week in April, from two weeks in July.

bradders1983 said:

In my opinion, by the time of the 2nd review by mid-July countries will be added to a safe list, the pressure from airlines and other countries would be too immense to ignore.

The Reuters article I read kind of implies, Portugal want the UK tourists; so surely they would want to maximise the school holidays ie from mid-end july is my thinking...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-portugal-britain/portugal-talking-to-britain-to-secure-air-bridge-for-tourism-sources-idUKKBN2321H8

Life__Goes__On

lyle1993 said:

No, wouldn't go don't think. And we changed it for only a week in April, from two weeks in July.

Have a look and see how many seats you can  book for the flights you are thinking of swapping too.
I don't think EJ will be changing the "no fee" to swap anytime soon,  as they want to encourage people to book.

ess0two

Surely FCO / UK Gov advice will drive the situation??

Life__Goes__On

With airlines what will drive the situation will be economics, if enough people want to disregard the advice and they can legally fly, they will. 

Thrugelmir

bradders1983 said:

In my opinion, by the time of the 2nd review by mid-July countries will be added to a safe list, the pressure from airlines and other countries would be too immense to ignore.

Airlines and other countries have no ability to apply pressure. Just plead. Has the crisis ended? 

bradders1983

Thrugelmir said:

bradders1983 said:

In my opinion, by the time of the 2nd review by mid-July countries will be added to a safe list, the pressure from airlines and other countries would be too immense to ignore.

Airlines and other countries have no ability to apply pressure. Just plead. Has the crisis ended? 

You tell me. Spain dropping all travel restrictions on 1st July and it was accepted they were a week or 2 behind us, so I see no reason by the 2nd review in mid-July for the "quarantine" rules to be amended then.

And yes they can plead, I suppose it depends if the UK government want to help annihilate the aviation and airline industry.