Surge in demand for US trips after White House plans end to travel ban
Tue, 21st Sep 2021 13:12
(Alliance News) - Airlines are experiencing a surge in demand for trips to the US after the White House confirmed it will scrap its ban on fully vaccinated UK travellers.
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA's British Airways said the number of potential customers searching for holidays to key US destinations in the hours after Monday's announcement was more than seven times higher compared with the same period last week.
Popular locations include New York, Orlando, Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles and Boston.
Virgin Atlantic said it recorded a spike in bookings for flights from the UK to the US. Compared with the same period a week earlier, demand for flights to Miami was 12 times higher. The number of bookings to Los Angeles and Orlando increased six-fold.
Demand for trips to New York was five times higher than last week.
Currently foreign travellers are banned from entering the US if they have been in the UK, the EU, China, India, Iran, Brazil or South Africa in the previous 14 days.
White House Covid-19 co-ordinator Jeff Zients announced on Monday that foreign visitors will be permitted to enter from November if they demonstrate proof of vaccination and a negative test taken in the past three days.
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