Travel Chaos Gives Passengers Headaches at Summer’s End

  • New quarantines upend holiday plans with schools restarting
  • Airlines have no visibility beyond two weeks, analyst says
A medical worker checks the temperatures of a passenger at Madrid Barajas airport.Photographer: Paul Hanna/Bloomberg
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A heap of new travel restrictions has thrown Europe’s long-anticipated August break into disarray, dealing a setback to airlines and leaving some passengers on the hook for the cost of last-minute changes.

In the U.K., quarantine measures have been reimposed on Spain, France, Malta and the Netherlands. With infection rates rising, Croatia could be next, creating another headache for would-be travelers who are running out of time as schools reopen.