Heathrow Airport Says U.K. Quarantine Is Strangling Economy
Passengers, wearing protective face masks, walk through the international arrivals hall at London Heathrow Airpor.
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London’s Heathrow blamed the U.K. government for July traffic figures that show scant evidence of a recovery in demand at what’s normally Europe’s busiest travel hub.
The imposition of a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from countries with high Covid-19 infection rates means Britain is effectively cut off from markets including the U.S., Canada and Singapore, Heathrow said in a release Tuesday.