Flights being cancelled

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

So I woke this morning with the news my return flight on June 21st has been cancelled. This is a flight with BA from Heathrow.

Many of you had already let me know your easyjet flights were being cancelled, and Jet2 have put their date to restart back to July 1st.

I have managed to change my flight, which was a lot easier than I expected to June 23rd as there seems nothing before then. I expect they are waiting for the next announcements on June 21st.

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17 Responses

  1. Not great news Tobi. Glad you got another flight. Mind you, it will probably all change again in the next 2 weeks when our government realise how silly they are being putting Madeira in the orange category. Hope all goes well.

  2. My Easyjet flight on 12th June was cancelled, but the BA flight on the same day appears (so far) to be operating.

    Someone in Madeira also seems to have dropped the ball as the “madeirasafe.com” website is currently down – it appears the domain name may have expired. Given that it’s a key piece of managing arrivals, that’s a bit of a concern…

    1. Have you tried actually logging in? One of my browsers showed a cached version of the login page, but you couldn’t actually log in. According to the registrar name.com, “madeirasafe.com expired on 06/04/2021”.

      1. It seems to be fixed now after a morning of advertising “CRM in the Construction Industry”…

  4. We are scheduled for the June 21st flight from Heathrow, we will probably here soon from BA.

  5. So sorry to hear that your flight on the 21st has been cancelled. Will keep my fingers crossed for you that the rearranged flight for the 23rd is okay.

  6. Think people are right saying a lot of things are on hold till the announcements are made re June 21st. Think there is supposed to be something set out on the 14th?
    A lot of the people who.love Madeira and visit regularly are retirement age (like me!) So less concerned about self isolation on return to UK. Hopefully us oldies will continue to do our bit supporting Madeira! ?

  7. I’ll make a prediction. On the 21st the Government are due to make further announcements. I think they will not go forward with the decision to revert back to normal but continue press for mask wearing indoors, social distancing
    but down to 1.5 metres, and ask people to continue to work from home. As a sweetener they will return Portugal
    to the Green list, possibly adding one or two other destinations.

  8. I see today that the British government travel site are advertising an offer for a ‘Test to release scheme’
    You have to buy the test for day 5 but if negative you may release yourself from quarantine- hence go back to work / shopping etc.
    States that you still need to take the mandatory day 2 and day 8 tests but at least a return to U.K. is less challenging albeit more costs involved !

  9. The final step 4 of the UK government’s road map out of lockdown is due for review on 21 June, and it looks increasingly likely this will be delayed until July, due to the rise in cases of the Indian/delta highly transmissible variant now prevalent in the UK.
    This is not linked to the government’s confusing ‘traffic light’ system for travel outside of the UK.

    We are eager to fly to Madeira, and our home there, having had flights cancelled every month since November! July flights have been cancelled, so fingers crossed for August! People wishing to travel need to check with their insurance company regarding covid cover and if insurance is valid when travelling against fco advice, ie to Amber countries.

    Research the availability of the PCR testing in your local area if you live outside of city hubs before departing the UK. The test is mandatory on day 2 of your return to the UK, and you must have evidence of the booked test prior to flight departure home. Many Brits trying to return this week are having trouble booking this test, so can’t fly home anyway.

    Take care. Keep safe everyone.

  10. I’m afraid all these inane decisions are to be expected.

    You have a government of old Etonians. The best education that money can’t buy. The best facilities, small classes, private tutors. Every advantage.

    The best of the Etonians go into industry or commerce, the diplomatic service or the civil service. The “huntin’, shootin’ fishin'” set join the army and challenge each other to see how many of their troops can be slaughtered in one day.

    But the underperformers. The slow, the dimwitted. They learn history and how to debate. Then they go to Oxford University before becoming politicians.

    Some countries are democracies. Some meritocracies. Some are theocracies. You might call Britain a plutocracy but, in reality, we have perfected the Sh*tocracy. We’ve taken the most useless from the landed gentry and put them in power.

    Maybe now people will understand why the decisions are so illogical.

  11. Sorry to hear your flight back has been moved Tobi but hopefully it will o.k. for the 23rd. All the best for your trip, it will be good to see the family. Bet those girls are excited !! Stay safe M & M xx

  12. I would imagine if you travel against FCO advice then your insurance is not valid. I could be wrong but I understood that travel insurance companies use the FCO advice as their gold standard for the basis of their travel insurance. Why would anyone in their right mind travel against that advice anyway, unless it was absolutely imperative.

    1. Although Portugal has been relegated to the ‘Amber’ list, the FCDO are not advising against travel to the country.

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