Does anyone have a feel for what might happen with regards to flights to other countries over the coming weeks? Or is that just too difficult to tell? specifically Ireland I am thinking. Just pondering..
Too difficult to tell at this stage.
Some flights will continue, but airlines will be keen to keep losses to a minimum. So if there is very low demand they won't fly.
It also depends on what the FCO travel advice is to an area. If we see another similar outbreak to the Italian one, then we might get warnings preventing all but essential travel.
It depends on government policy of each individual country too. Some countries are being more strict than others. For example lots of countries have been banning flights to Iran.
And then there is the issue of what if we are the country with the big outbreak. Will other countries let us in? The assumption at the moment is that things will be just fine here. Thats a little premature. We simply don't know.
For the most part I think the EU will keep its borders as open as possible, because of political reasons. There in lies a bit of an issue for the UK... Especially if we are being difficult over Brexit.
Its a question of sitting tight and seeing what happens.
We have yet to book a holiday for this year, and we won't be doing so for a while now. I think we'll probably end up giving it a miss or booking at the last minute. Its too uncertain to do anything else given we are committed.
I would check your travel insurance to see if it covers you if you find yourself in a pandemic. Not all policies will cover you. (I know that some do, because I have already checked the small print on mine - its a bank account linked insurance package).