Yes but no but yes: flight bookings soar despite baffling travel rules

Rapidly changing government advice means choosing the wrong holiday destination could be very costly

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Airlines have dramatically increased the number of flights to “amber list” holiday destinations amid growing confusion over the government’s traffic light strategy.

A total of 1,841 flights have been scheduled from UK airports to France, Spain, Italy and Greece for the two weeks after last Monday – a rise of more than 300% compared with the previous fortnight – despite warnings from the prime minister, Boris Johnson, not to go on holiday to amber list countries.