Ibiza and Majorca travel cost Brits 200 percent MORE after ‘green list’ announcement
On Thursday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the UK’s ‘green-list’ had expanded to include countries like the Balearic islands, Malta, Grenada, Barbados and Bermuda. Under the UK’s ‘traffic light’ system, holidaymakers flying to ‘green-list’ countries will not have to quarantine for ten days upon their return.
Within hours of the announcement, however, ticket prices for some holiday hotspots rose by up to 200 percent.
Tickets from Jet2 for a return flight to Ibiza on July 3 and July 10 leaped from £149 to £314, according to MailOnline
Flights over the same period to Majorca leaped from £153 to £478.
In response to a surge in demand for holidays to the newly-added ‘green-list’ countries, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announced plans to put on 70 additional flights to Malta and Madeira.
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