Airlines fail to add extra flights from India on eve of UK ban

Heathrow refuses more incoming flights ahead of Covid red list bar starting early Friday for most travellers from India

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Airlines have attempted to lay on extra flights to cope with passengers hoping to leave India and beat the Covid ban on entering the UK, but have been hit with rebuttals by airports and by cancellations.

India, which reported more than 314,000 new coronavirus infections – a daily Covid-19 infection record globally – is facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen, and will be added to the UK red list from 4am on Friday 23 April.

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