Greece and Spain to ease restrictions on flights from UK

Test-run flights from UK to Greece will be allowed from next month while Spain says restrictions will be lifted on 30 March

Greece will begin accepting test-run flights from the UK next month, while Spain has announced that the entry restrictions on flights from Britain that have been in place since late December will be lifted next week.

Greece's tourism minister, Haris Theoharis, said while Athens' ambition remained to open up to holidaymakers from 14 May, border controls would also be relaxed in April when some" airports were allowed to receive traffic from abroad.