State of emergency - Limited freedom of movement

[MLA]

Corralejo, folk enjoying the last day of free movement for a while.

   

[Cotillo_Tom]

My understanding is that the order for the closure of bars, restaurants etc came into force at midnight last night, so applies for all of today, Sunday the 15th March, for 15 days unless later extended by the Spanish government. 

The restriction on personal movements applies as from 08.00 hours on Monday the 16th of March for 15 days. 

Aircraft arriving (but I suspect many will get cancelled tomorrow) are likely to arrive almost if not completely empty as any tourist will be travelling without holiday insurance as the FCO have now advised against all but essential travel (that automatically invalidates your travel insurance if you have not commenced your trip).

Tom.

[Johnrgby]

If they're still allowing international flights, does that rather not defeat the object of the lockdown? It is utterly ridiculous allowing these to continue.

Totally agree with you on this, it beggars belief that they have in=mposed a lock doe=wn and still allowing internal and international flights, it is totally and utterly illogical even for the Spanish.

[Ducks]

Flights have to be allowed so people overseas can repatriate themselves and are generally left open for a while after a lockdown so people can come back from hols to be there for children/elderly relatives/work/etc. It's not fair to close them off just yet, even if it would be sensible. Have to let the Spanish come back and the foreigners go home (those that choose to— we're staying here for next six weeks, at least). 

Looking at the airport arrivals, though, it looks like TUI, Jet2, and Vueling have cancelled flights in. Hopefully others will follow suit soon. Can't see anyone following through on holidays plans from here on out anyway. Foreign Office has advised against travel, meaning insurance policies are obliged to compensate for missed trips. For the people who pooh-pooh holiday insurance, there are no bars or beaches to visit, and I can't imagine hotel entertainment is allowed, either. Hopefully people will be sensible and stay home!

Flights or no, though, the lockdown was 100% necessary. Could hear the sing-songs from the bars last night, and heard people this morning talking about being out until literally last orders. Plenty of people are making the choice to not take this seriously, so in the interest of public health, the government are obliged to take the choice away from them.

[milestone11]

Have you seen the number of international arrivals scheduled for today?

[Si Tie]

Have you seen the number of international arrivals scheduled for today?

They have to continue with flights to bring people home and take others off the island.
Tui website;

Customers due to travel to the Spain, Canary Islands and Balearics Islands between 15th and 17th March will have their holiday automatically cancelled and refunded. There is no need to call us.

[stewart1875]

jet2 holidays apparently  flying empty flights over to take passengers home

[milestone11]

Were it that simple, sadly it's not. Flights from Oslo, Schipol, Dussedorf, Helsinki, are not bringing many back home.

[Archer]

Most flights now are taking passengers home, yes. All Jet2 came empty, apparently.

But passengers were still arriving yesterday. And they were hiring cars etc. Where are they going and what will they be doing?

There are still people walking the beaches on the Risco del Paso/Sotavento webcams. Morro Jable looks empty, though.

[milestone11]

jet2 holidays apparently  flying empty flights over to take passengers home

Agreed, that is not necessarily what the purpose of the other international flights is.