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Balpa blasts Sturgeon's stance on Scotland's green list

Government
James Chapple
12 May 2021

Pilots union Balpa has criticised Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s stance on green list destinations, stating there must be "good reason" to keep countries off the list.

The Scottish government will provide £3.5 million in grants for outbound travel agents

Sturgeon on Tuesday (11 May) confirmed Scotland would adopt a traffic light system and allow international travel to restart from 17 May, although she urged Scots to think carefully about any international plans and to, ideally, holiday at home at home this year.


Scotland’s initial green list will mirror England’s, opening up Portugal, Israel, Iceland and Gibraltar in just under a week’s time. Ryanair has already committed to putting on an extra 20,000 Portugal flights from Scotland.