Aviation: India

(asked on 25th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made underpinning the decision to allow flights from India to land at UK airports after India was put on the covid-19 red list.


Answered by
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Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 7th June 2021

Since direct flight bans were first introduced in November 2020, England has introduced one of the world’s most stringent systems for testing and quarantining for arrivals from high-risk countries.

Alongside the requirements to take a pre-departure test and complete the Passenger Locator Form, most people who are allowed to enter England from a country on the red list will be required to quarantine for 10 days in a government-approved managed quarantine hotel with Covid-19 tests on days 2 and 8.

Direct flight bans were not introduced for countries added to the ‘Red List’ on 9 and 23 April, which had regular scheduled services to England (Pakistan, Bangladesh and India), on a trial basis. Passengers on direct flights were still subject to measures such as quarantine in a government-approved managed quarantine hotel.

We continually assess the data to understand the efficacy of measures such as managed hotel quarantine, entry bans and testing to ensure public health is protected.

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