European travel: Crashes as European countries close doors to UK

Tav Havalimanlari Holding

21/12/2020 08:57

** Stocks of European airports and carriers dip as European
countries impose travel curbs on UK after discovery of new
strain of COVID-19 in the country
    ** France, Turkey, Italy and Germany began closing their
doors to travellers from the United Kingdom on Sunday amid alarm
about a rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus that has caused
cases to soar there  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2J008I
    ** UK travel, leisure stocks tumble, with British Airway's
owner IAG  ICAG.L  and Easyjet  EZJ.L  diving more than 10%
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    ** Shares in Air France KLM  AIRF.PA  are down 11%, while
Channel Tunnel operator Getlink and French airports company ADP
 ADP.PA  fall 4.5% and 4.8%, respectively  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nP6N2HR025    
    ** Germany's Lufthansa  LHAG.DE  slumps 5% and Moscow-listed
Aeroflot  AFLT.MM  is down 3.1%
    ** Turkish travel stocks, including flag carrier Turkish
Airlines  THYAO.IS , budget carrier Pegasus  PGSUS.IS  and 
airport operator TAV Havalimanlari  TAVHL.IS  fall about 5% on
the Istanbul bourse
    ** STOXX 600 Travel and Leisure index  .SXTP  dips 3.5% with
travel stock among the worst performers     

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