easyJet calls on UK to outline path out of pandemic restrictions

Britain must set out how it will ease coronavirus travel restrictions, easyJet’s CE said Wednesday, a day after the government tightened already strict travel rules in a further blow for airlines. Johan Lundgren, easyJet CEO, said there was strong demand for leisure travel but the success of what could be a make-or-break summer for Europe’s airlines depends on the effectiveness of vaccines against new variants of the coronavirus. “Most important now is that the government comes out with a plan on how they’re going to unwind these restrictions,” Lungren said. “I’m positive for a strong summer if the vaccination programmes are successful, if it works on the variants... then we know that there’s a big urgent need for the government to unwind these restrictions,” he said.<br/>