That was the conclusion of a damning analysis of the taskforce’s "vague and costly" recommendations by the government’s own transport committee on Thursday (22 April).
The committee ruled the taskforce’s report, published on 9 April, laid out a framework lacking sufficient detail to restart international travel, that was prohibitively expensive for travellers, and gave neither industry nor consumers confidence to plan.
Its analysis acknowledged how the UK aviation and travel industries were among the hardest hit by the pandemic, and warned: "Another summer without international travel heralds significant economic adversity."
