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Podcast: Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episode: May 31st - What is Brexit's role in the present travel chaos?
Description: We need to talk about Brexit – and its role in the present travel chaos. Of course Amsterdam and Dublin airports are seeing long queues, but leaving the EU has subtracted staff from airlines and airports in the UK to an alarming degree.As I write on 31 May 2022, I note that a year ago we had only just been released from the 19-week international travel ban; Portugal was the only major country on the quarantine-free “green list” (a status it would lose just days later).The UK aviation industry was crushed, and every time it tri...