UK government to say more about coronavirus 'air bridges' on June 29

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - British transport minister Grant
Shapps said he would say more on June 29 about possible air
bridges with other countries to enable travel during the
coronavirus crisis, adding that conversations were ongoing.

Britons hoping to go on holiday and airlines are putting
pressure on the government to drop a quarantine on those
returning to Britain or to form air bridges, where two countries
agree to allow travel without such measures.

"We'll say more about this on June 29 which is when the
current three-week period expires," Shapps told a committee of
lawmakers, saying he would look to what the level of infection
was in other countries and their testing regimes when
considering forming air bridges.

He said air bridges, or travel corridors, were a "massive"
priority for the government.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; editing by Stephen Addison)