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global1

(25,241 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:27 PM Mar 2020

Correct Me If I'm Wrong - But Isn't Heathrow Airport A.....

major hub for all of Europe. So not including the UK in this European travel ban appears to leave a loophole in it.

So a European ban which looks tough actually may be more for show than effectiveness.

I hope I'm wrong - but we've been deceived before.

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Correct Me If I'm Wrong - But Isn't Heathrow Airport A..... (Original Post) global1 Mar 2020 OP
You're not wrong HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #1
You are absolutely right Travel Hat Mar 2020 #2
Most Euro flights to US go through three hubs Heathrow JCMach1 Mar 2020 #3
His moronic travel ban was never about curtailing exposure or contagion spread. crickets Mar 2020 #4
 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
1. You're not wrong
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:34 PM
Mar 2020

I’m not sure where it ranks worldwide with traffic but I’d bet it’s in the top 3.

As I told my wife last night when he was talking someone could get on a plane to London tonight be there in the morning and hop the Chunnel train to Paris by afternoon. From there you can drive anywhere in continental Europe.

Travel Hat

(117 posts)
2. You are absolutely right
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:34 PM
Mar 2020

In the last 5 years I've flown twice out of Heathrow back to Chicago. Once from Stockholm though Heathrow on American and once from Zurich on British Airways. So this does nothing.

crickets

(25,960 posts)
4. His moronic travel ban was never about curtailing exposure or contagion spread.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 01:38 PM
Mar 2020

It's just another transparent, petulant political stunt.

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