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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.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have welcomed the move, signalling they will be revising their onboard face mask policy as well

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”.