LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Britain will spend up to 75
million pounds ($93 million) to get stranded passengers home,
foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Monday, adding that
airlines like British Airways, easyJet and Virgin would help and
planes would be chartered where necessary.
Tens of thousands of British travellers stranded by the
spread of coronavirus will be flown home under the new
arrangement, which sees those airlines plus Jet2 and Titan
offering alternative bookings where routes are cancelled.
"Where commercial flights are no longer running, the
government will provide the necessary financial support for
special charter flights to bring UK nationals back home," Raab
said at a news conference.
"We've designated 75 million pounds to support those flights
and the airlines in order to keep the cost down and affordable
for those seeking to return to the UK."
($1 = 0.8070 pounds)
(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Estelle Shirbon)