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Andy Rudd

Jet2 confirms flights to France will continue despite FCO travel ban to country

Jet2 has confirmed flights to France will continue despite the Foreign Office banning all non-essential travel to the country.

The UK government has announced that all travellers returning from France will have to self isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday.

The Foreign Office also issued a travel ban to the country.

EasyJet has confirmed they are continuing with their flight schedule and now Jet2 have said they are doing the same.

A Jet2 spokesperson: “We note the latest government advice regarding travel to France from the UK, and we are planning to operate our scheduled programme of flights to Bergerac and La Rochelle.

"Customers who no longer wish to travel to these destinations can rebook with no admin fee.

"We are not planning to operate to any other destination in France until October, and we are of course reviewing the situation very closely.”

The Netherlands, Monaco, Malta, Turks & Caicos and Aruba have also be added to the list of countries deemed unsafe.

France - the UK's second most popular holiday destination - was taken off the 'safe' list due to a rise in coronavirus infection rates.

There is estimated to be roughly 500,000 Brits currently in France.

Between August 6 - 12, new cases in France rose to 18.1 per 100,000, up from 13.1 for the previous seven days.

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