Several Jet2 flights heading to Spain this morning including one from Manchester Airport have been forced to turn around as Spanish authorities are reportedly not allowing any planes to land because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Five flights from UK destinations which were heading towards Spain have been seen turning back on flight radar sites and heading back to their departure airports
Jet2 has announced that all holidays to Spain have been cancelled
In a statement they say
“In response to local measures introduced throughout Spain to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including the closure of bars, restaurants, shops and activities including any water sports, we have taken the decision to cancel all flights to Mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands with immediate effect. We know these local measures will have a significant impact on our customers’ holidays, which is why we have taken this decision.
We are contacting our customers who are currently in these destinations, and who are due to travel, to advise them of their options, so we urge customers not to call us.
This is a fast-moving and complex situation and we are reviewing our programme as a matter of urgency, so that we can fly customers back to the UK.
The health and safety of our customers is our number one priority, and we would like to thank our customers for their understanding.”
TUI have also now announced on their website this morning that all holidays to Spain due to travel between March 14-16 have been cancelled.
“ Following local measures put in place by the Spanish Authorities, including closing some hotel facilities and the local bars, restaurants and beaches we have made the difficult decision to cancel holidays due to travel between 14 and 16 March.
Although there is currently no advice from the UK Government against travelling to Spain it would not be the holiday experience we would want for our customers.
We will proactively contact all customers due to travel to Alicante between 14 March and 16 March to offer alternative holiday options or offer a full-refund.
Any customers due to travel between 17 March and 23 March will be contacted about their holiday on Monday 16 March.”
The news comes as the UK Government has announced that mass gatherings are to be banned across the UK from next weekend
The announcement follows a day in which sporting events across the country were postponed
