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MAG to appeal High Court ruling on traffic light system

Government
Rob Gill
26 August 2021

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is to appeal against the decision to dismiss its legal challenge on how the government operates the traffic light system for international travel.

The traffic light system has now been dismantled after being in operation since 17 May (credit benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)

The company, which runs Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, lost its legal challenge against the government in the High Court in July.

MAG, backed by travel firms including Ryanair, Tui, easyJet and Virgin Atlantic, sought a High Court verdict on how changes to the system were made, often at short notice, and argued there was a lack of transparency on decision-making.