Portugal was moved straight from green to amber status earlier this week, with the aviation minister justifying the decision in the House of Commons on Thursday (10 June) when he said they had to “take swift action”.
Heathrow said the system “has yet to achieve what it was designed to do” and criticised the government’s failure to provide “transparency on the data behind the decision making”.
Heathrow says public confidence ‘undermined’ by traffic light system
Government
Rob Gill
11 June 2021
Heathrow has accused the government of “undermining consumer confidence” by its failure to use the new “green watchlist” as part of the traffic light system.
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