The beach at Leptokarya, Katerini in mainland Greece today, still awaiting the usual influx of touristsMinisters’ plans for quarantine-free “air bridges” risked descending into chaos today after Greece confirmed that it would ban flights from the UK for another fortnight. It had been expected that a travel corridor agreement would be brokered between the UK government and Greece to allow holidays to take place as early as next week. Greece — one of the most popular countries for British holidaymakers — was named at the weekend as one of the countries where summer holidays would be possible without quarantining for two weeks on return to the UK. Government sources briefed that it was likely to be among the first wave of countries opened up from July 6. Greece is due to open to international visitors on Wednesday for the first

Source: The Times June 29, 2020 16:07 UTC