Germans are returning to the Spanish vacation island
After months of travel restrictions, the first aircraft of the largest German travel group TUI took off again with holidaymakers from Germany to Mallorca on Sunday. In the morning, a Tuifly machine took off from the company’s headquarters in Hanover-Langenhagen. According to a spokesman for the airline, a good 160 of the almost 190 seats had been booked. Immediately afterwards, another, almost fully booked aircraft should take off from Hanover.
Tuifly also offered two connections each from Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, and one flight from Stuttgart. Munich is to be added as a departure airport on March 26th.
The temporary end of the restrictions for several holiday regions in Spain and the expiry of the travel warning for the Balearic Islands make this possible. Among other things, tourists can now forego a quarantine phase after their return. Other airlines such as Eurowings have been flying from Germany to Mallorca for a few days.
According to Tuifly, the demand is very strong, but not at the level of the Easter business in 2019. The hotels on the island have been prepared for days and the previously planned offer has been expanded. The spokesman said that ten percent of the 1,000 or so hotels are now open.
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil, on the other hand, advocates issuing a travel warning again for Mallorca. “The lifting of the travel warning for Mallorca by the German government was a serious mistake,” the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) quoted the SPD politician as saying. “It would be best if the federal government would reverse its decision.” If she is not ready to do so, it is necessary to talk about a strict and multiple test obligation upon re-entry or a quarantine period.
“The infection process on Mallorca may still be uncritical, but when people from all over Europe come together on the island over Easter, we immediately have a new hotspot.” In addition, he could “explain to no one why he is not allowed to book a holiday home with his family in the Lüneburg Heath, but the plane to Mallorca”. At least in Germany there must be the possibility of contactless vacation in vacation homes or holiday homes.
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