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PARIS/LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - European airline stocks
tumbled on Friday after Britain reimposed coronavirus quarantine
on people arriving from France, in a new blow to already dented
recovery hopes for the sector.
EasyJet fell 7% in early trading, with British
Airways parent IAG and Air France-KLM almost
6% lower and budget carrier Ryanair down 4.7%, after the
United Kingdom said it was adding countries including France,
the Netherlands and Malta to its quarantine list.
Tour operator TUI was down 5.5 percent, with
French hotel group Accor and Channel Tunnel operator
Getlink also lower.
The move, which affects some 160,000 British holidaymakers
currently in France according to official estimates, will take
effect at 0300 GMT on Saturday.
It comes a day after airlines lowered their European traffic
outlook, with the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
predicting a 60% decline in passenger numbers for 2020 after a
summer that has fallen short of recovery hopes.
(Reporting by Laurence Frost and Joice Alves; Additional
reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; editing by Jason Neely, Kirsten
Donovan)