Jet2, TUI, easyJet and British Airways have been forced to cancel holidays to France due to a new travel ban sparked by the Omicron variant.
Under the new travel restrictions, UK tourists won't be able to enter France for non-essential reasons.
From midnight on Saturday, travellers must have an 'essential reason' to travel into the country from the UK - but this does not include holidays or business.
The new restrictions are a huge blow to holidaymakers hoping to jet away on a skiing holiday, with French ski resorts extremely popular over winter.
Travellers going to France will need to take a pre-departure PCR tests 24 hours before flying instead of the previous 48 hours and will also need to register the address of their stay.
They will have to test again on arrival and isolate "in a place they choose" for at least 48 hours pending the result.
Here are the latest changes from airline, according to the Mirror.
Jet2
Jet2holidays has cancelled holidays to France between December 18 and January 7 due to the new travel ban.
An update on its website reads: "You may already know, but the French authorities have updated travel requirements for entering France to essential travel only from 18 December 2021.
"As a result, we’re cancelling our flights to France from 18 December 2021 up to and including 7 January 2022.
"If you have flights booked to one of our French airports and this impacts you, we’ll be in touch soon to discuss your options. If you’re arriving into France via Geneva, please check that travel requirements page for further details."
TUI
TUI owns Crystal Ski holidays, which has cancelled departures to France for December 21, 28, and January 4.
The company said that it has contacted affected customers to offer them options such as a rebooking incentive.
It also said that it would contact holidaymakers who have booked flights into France with plans to travel onwards to other popular ski hotspots like Andorra and Switzerland, to arrange alternative flights and travel options.
As part of a statement issued on its website, the company said: "We’ll continue to monitor the situation for future departures.
"For customers due to travel 3rd January to 31st January that want to change their holiday can do so up to 14 days before their departure with our Crystal Holiday Promise.
"For customers due to travel 1st February onwards that want to change their holiday can do so up to 28 days before their departure with our Crystal Holiday Promise."
easyJet
easyJet holidays has cancelled France trips from December 18-31.
A spokesperson for easyJet holidays said: "As a result of new restrictions meaning that holidays to France from 18 December are not currently permitted, we’ve contacted our affected customers due to travel between December 18 and December 31 to share the news that unfortunately we’ve had to cancel their holiday.
"We understand how disappointing this is, especially at this time of year, and we’ll be processing refunds straight away.
"We pride ourselves on our industry leading flexibility and we’re committed to doing the right thing by our customers, so we’ll continue to support our holidaymakers who are affected by travel restrictions.
"We are keeping holidays to France due to depart beyond December 31 under review."
British Airways
British Airways hasn't issued a specific update regarding the new France travel ban.
As part of its Book with Confidence policy, it already waives change booking fees on any holidays booked from March 3, 2020, which are due to have been completed by August 31, 2022.
This also applies to bookings made before March 3, 2020, for journeys that were due to have started by February 28, 2021.
You can find out more on the British Airways website.
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