JohnnyCarmello

I agree that this sort of testing, once the tests are more effective and show less false negatives, plus if they can evidence that the antibodies grant immunity, will lead to proper opening up of society again.
However, for international travel, you'd need this testing to be effective on both sides, and for both sides to trust the testing being performed.

Hence why I think that international travel will be the last thing to open up properly for non-essential travel. But who knows what will happen really.

On the topic of people sticking with the lockdown, in Ireland, where their first lockdown measures came into force a week before the UK, the seismologists have been tracking activity and it has been increasing in the last week or so. I know that the UK seismologists confirmed that there was a sharp decrease a few weeks ago (https://www.theguardian.com/science/...mologists-find) . Would be interesting to see what it stands at after this weekend (good weather I think again?) Should be a good indication of whether people are sticking to it, rather than just saying that they support it..

paulaf

Think it's unlikely airports in Greece will open up in June as airport testing has not been invented or procured yet.

Tiger_lily

Traffic already seems to be up at least 10%. Whether that is because people have lost faith in public transport or this is genuinely people going back to work, who knows

polochick

My LCY-IBZ for early July has just been cancelled as well...

Tiger_lily

The swab test apparently only works in a 3 day window of opportunity or so I was reading this morning

paulaf

That's not good news if July flights being cancelled already or is it something specific to LCY?

ahmetdouas

Well they have 1.5 months to prepare procedures, no one said everyone at the airport will be tested it’s not necessarily a prerequisite.

who knows maybe like Austria people will need a recent test.

greek press is talking about lifting measures soon as the government will run out of cash in June if this continues and that has severe consequences.

tourism is Greece’s biggest income, so if the country opens up so will tourism.

cZech republic just announced EU citizens can go to their country as of next Monday provided they have a recent coronavirus test result showing it was negative so if there is demand nothing stopping BA flying there

A combination of many things, good weather, more people realising that government is not to be trusted 100%, hospitals getting emptier and emptier with nurses dancing on tiktok videos, they actually need to work to put food on the table, and lockdown fatigue. The mood in Hyde park is improving and it’s getting busier by the day.

paulaf

I hope you're right about Greece so other tourist destinations open up too but what about FCO advice?

Grande Annee

Any thoughts on when LCY will open?

i changed my Mykonos booking LCY JMK LCY recently from June to July. I’m now wondering if I should have changed it too LHR JMK LHR instead!?

sunshinebob

Its LCY, my father's flights to Malaga have been cancelled for June but still available/bookable out of Heathrow and Gatwick..

ahmetdouas

good idea, July is safer for Mykonos than June.


well worst case they can just change you for free but if the flight is full that’s risky so why don’t you call them and say you’d rather fly from LHR?

Grande Annee

Good question if LCY specific or not?

I did hear something about the Balearics remaining closed for the summer.....maybe that’s the reason

Grande Annee

Yes, I might just do that

ahmetdouas

depends on BA ops, my hunch is demand won’t shoot back up immediately even with restrictions released so BA would likely consolidate ops into LHR until demand picks up enough, at least initially

paulaf

So will travellers be added to list who can have a test before travel in due course so we can go to Austria, CZ or Greece lol? Or do we have to get one privately?