The British government will require anyone arriving in the country to quarantine for two weeks, effective at the end of the month, a leading airline industry group said.
The directive could mean travelers from anywhere except Ireland will have to provide an address to border officials of where they will be quarantining, government and aviation sources told the BBC.
“We need to see the details of what they are proposing,” a spokesperson for Airlines UK, which represents British Airways and EasyJet, among other UK airlines, told the outlet.
Aviation minister Kelly Tolhurst is reportedly expected to clarify the details in a conference call with airport officials Sunday.
Officials for weeks have been seeking more clarification from Downing Street on how to deal with the tens of thousands of travelers who have already come from abroad during the pandemic.
“People have been brought back in relatively large numbers and many of them are telling us that they have no information or advice given out about what they should be doing when they get home,” Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy said.
Airports fear a required quarantine “would not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy,” officials told the BBC.