Past UAE flight lands in United kingdom as vacation ban arrives into effect

The previous flight from the United Arab Emirates has landed as the UK’s vacation ban will come into power.

The UAE, residence to megacities Abu Dhabi and Dubai, has been put on the UK’s “red list” of countries, for which rigorous travel bans utilize.

British Airways flight 104 from Dubai to London Heathrow touched down on British isles soil at 12.57pm, three minutes right before flights from the UAE had been barred from landing in Britain for the foreseeable.

Quite a few Britons in the UAE rushed to make it dwelling ahead of the ban arrived into outcome.

Make-up artist Amy Wilson stated she was “lucky” to land again in the British isles two hrs ahead of the deadline.

“Can’t feel how fortunate me and Jack have been with flights, bought back again from Turkey two hours in advance of the quarantine deadline and getting the final flight property from Dubai before the Uk closes its borders to the UAE,” she tweeted. “Someone’s seeking out for me.”

Countless numbers of travellers who had flights routed by means of the Gulf hubs from places in Asia and Australasia have suddenly observed themselves stranded.

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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps declared yesterday last evening that flights from the UAE would be banned from 1pm on 29 January, leaving travellers just 20 hours to make different arrangements.

The evaluate is aimed at stopping the South African variant of coronavirus from achieving British isles shores. 

Although direct flights have been banned, British and Irish citizens and individuals with residency rights travelling from the UAE can continue to enter the British isles, but they ought to do so by means of a 3rd region.

Arrivals from the 33 nations around the world on the Uk “red list” – which also features Portugal, Brazil and the Seychelles – will sooner or later be issue to hotel quarantine. 

On the other hand, from 4am on 29 January, returning Brits from the UAE need to isolate at property for 10 days along with their households, in accordance to Mr Shapps.

A lot of Britons, like some well-publicised social media influencers, are currently in Dubai. 

In an amusing Instagram movie, truth tv star Jake Quickenden gently mocked the influencers even now in Dubai.

“The airports, they’re closing!” he cries in the online video. “Get me my bloody case! 

“That was a nightmare. I just packed that speedy it was like I was working in Lidl on the checkouts.”