latest rumours out of greece tourist season will start in july. they need tourism more than most countries, so will try everything they can to open greece up this summer. The Greek PM is announcing an exit strategy next week, wonder when the UK will as almost every country is talking about exiting lockdown but the UK hasn't said anything yet whatsoever.
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It's EU borders not Schengen. Even Schengen has borders at this time, each country has their own rules.

Similar situation in Turkey, they expect to open the tourism season in late-May for local tourists. Later on, depending on the situation, they would start accepting international tourists.

Yip, Friday to Monday trip to Minsk on Belavia for the excellent price of �337 in economy available in May. Expensive, but this reflects that there aren't any alternative holiday destinations!

Precisely - and with each country having to make its own decision about whether to keep the border open or closed for tourists there are many opportunities for disagreement. It might be possible to go to Stockholm in July but only to Paris in 2021.

Well you can physically go to Stockholm now if you want, there are no border controls in the UK or Stockholm.

Yes, but far too early to speculate on where you can go, countries are asking for coordination on border opening so that they aren't disadvantaged economically by others opening and them not, but I see that hard to implement in practice.

I see big changes happening in the next few weeks, the waves are all over with aggressive antibody testing to see how many people have had it already, in addition to normal coronavirus testing.

I've binned my upcoming MSQ because the FCO website suggests arrivals into Belarus require a 14 day quarantine. It was also via Vilnius and that flight was pulled.

I was looking forward to a vodka in the sauna. .

I have a BA booking to Crete in September and have mixed feelings about the whole situation. As much as I want to go, and always said I would if Greece was open, now I�m unsure. Will LHR be a breeding ground for a second wave? Will the first travellers after the lockdown be guinea pigs to see if there are risks or another wave? Etc

Also, there�s the possibility BA will axe some holiday routes for this whole season. At the end of the day people may not want to holiday abroad and it may be better off to not run some routes, especially as the 80/20 rule is off till October.

The issue seems to be resolved.

There's so much uncertainty with all of this, it's really difficult to guess how long the effects on travel will last. It's one thing allowing people to travel, but the other is will they want to and how long will that feeling last?

Mass antibody testing hasn't yet materialised in the UK. Last thing I read was that the test the authorities here planned to use was deemed to be unreliable. The WHO stated in the last couple of days that "Right now, we have no evidence that the use of a serological test can show that an individual has immunity or is protected from reinfection." If this remains the case, it's worrying.

Due to the nature of the symptoms I had a couple of weeks ago, I've most likely had Coronovius, although figures seem to suggest only 2-3% of the population have been infected. I also wasn't tested and recovered at home.

I have/had two trips for May, then Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, and Jan 21. At present I'm thinking the earliest one might be Nov at a push. As the pandemic is likely to have a big impact on travel for quite some time, with all the associated difficulties of social distancing that brings, I'm currently not very optimistic regarding air (not just air) travel until the point that a vaccine is widely being used.

​​​​​​It really pains me to talk about this subject. I truly cherish my trips, but I of course can see issues regarding potential second waives, so I'm now more unsure than ever. Clarity will come in time as things progress, I hope.

It's still happening on my side

@ northeastflyer : I find your post one of the most reasoned and thoughtful on this ubiquitous topic ; and (FWIW !) I am very much inclined to agree - based on what we currently know - with your personal estimate of November as potentially the earliest target date for what might be deemed ‘safe’ air travel.

i wonder whether your post (and this is not to detract from its merit in any way) might have been better placed in the thread entitled ‘BA Covid-19 news, views, speculations, general questions, rants & more’ where it could perhaps receive a wider audience than this thread which is intended to focus principally on BA’s schedule for June only.

No one knows the answer when would flights to holiday destinations resume and when would Greece open their borders for tourists.
But, currently, as it seems, BA wants to fly ( they have a very wide May schedule that would operate compared to other airlines ) so if there is demand and there are no restrictions at that time BA would fly that route.

As some enterprises have banned company-related travel for a while, BA could shift to leisure routes during the late summer period.

Regardless of whether Greece wants to open its borders or BA wants to fly, I think we're facing a considerable period of necessary social distancing, which is going to affect airlines and tourism more than most sectors of the economy. Greece is not free to act entirely unilaterally, and I'd imagine that BA's May schedule is more wishful thinking than expectation.

I'm assuming that all my trips by air for the rest of this year will be cancelled, either because the flights themselves are cancelled, or borders are closed or hotels and restaurants are closed. I'd love to be proved wrong.

Yes, I also thought about this but there would still be people who would see the cheaper fares and will to fly if the borders are open. Some people would care about social distancing, some would not. Also, most resort hotels ( if the respective governments permit them to open ) would have a much cheaper price which would attract more people.

Also if there is no regulation in place, BA and some other airlines would be happy to sell the 121st seat on a 180 seat A320.