Air traffic agency sees major impact from UK travel shutdown

Europe faces a "significant impact" to its air transport corridors after several nations cut transport links with Britain over fears of a new coronavirus strain, the Eurocontrol air traffic control agency warned on Monday.

"We'll see a significant impact on the network as a result of the new variant in the UK," Director General Eamonn Brennan wrote on Twitter, adding there had been 900 daily flights between Monday and Saturday last week between the UK and the 27 countries of the European Union.