[AMcWhirter]

BREAKING

Readers planning to travel to or through The Netherlands must note the latest information.

This evening our FCO and The Netherlands’ government updated their travel information effective January 23.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/netherlands

[ASK1945]

Alex: although the link is headed “Netherlands” it’s not at all clear what is different about the advice about travel to the Netherlands is different to that for anywhere else.

[FaroFlyer]

I think that it is Netherlands specific

Netherlands Institutes Stricter Entry & Transit Requirements Effective January 23, 2021

and

https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/news/2021/01/20/lockdown-measures-tightened-in-response-to-concerns-about-new-variants-of-virus

[AMcWhirter]

Apologies for the delayed response. I was busy writing the Heathrow Express news which has just been posted.

The situation re The Netherlands and air services is currently uncertain.

Today Thelocal.it reports that EU leaders are meeting to discuss a *possible* ban on long-haul flights into the EU because of the Covid variant.

I suggest readers keep an eye on developments.

[AMcWhirter]

Latest

This afternoon the situation is being debated in the Lower House (The Netherlands Government).

[AMcWhirter]

This evening KLM UK has tweeted (@KLM_UK) has tweeted to say that all its UK-Amsterdam flights have been *cancelled* between January 23 to January 27 inclusive.

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