San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

After booking my bargain £5 back up flights with Ryanair yesterday I was chatting to my neighbour, a Ryanair pilot. A couple of interesting things he said:
1. Ryanair purchased a lot of fuel last year when the price was low, it has a use by date and is too expensive to return, so that is why he believes Ryanair are flying so much compared to others.
2. He predicts low fares next year owing to a price war as many overseas carriers have had huge government bail outs which need to be paid back. I thought the opposite would be true and that by next year pent up demand would drive prices up.

The Times are reporting this morning that quarantine free travel for the double jabbed will start on 26th July for UK citizens. This would be fantastic news and long overdue.

Hope so, that would certainly make it a more realistic prospect for those who are willing and able to go but can’t at present owing to the quarantine period.

and lots of accommodations are open as direct bookings have been able to enjoy holidays since 15/05 when Greece opened for all.....

Yep, we are booked in at Fedra Mare (since last June I think)

I think it’s only relatively recently that it has become common use, pre Covid but is certainly a more popular word since Covid 

Missed the wave Rod, was busy with bbq and enjoying the Derbyshire sunshine! Am sure you will have a great time and am looking forward to the reports from the village.

Bad news Rod, seems TUI not waiting to see what he next traffic light announcement is.
I wonder how many passengers are on the flights from UK at the moment, bearing in mind the current advice and restrictions. We were due to arrive today flying with BA, we were not going owing to the requirement for isolation on return and current amber status. BA cancelled our return flight a couple of weeks ago, consolidating to one flight on the Saturday so we had a refund on that one. We waited to see if the outbound flight was cancelled, which it wasn’t so had to cancel myself and take a voucher for that flight. I can’t imagine these flights from UK are anywhere near full. My wife has got a bit fed up with me today saying; we should have been at The airport now, we’d have been in the air now, we should be on the transfer now etc. At least it’s sunny here and I poured us Chocolate tequila after dinner as a consolation! She is still sulking though.

Webcam back to its original position now 

There’s an update on there Winkie, apparently Cosa Nostra Italian is opening at the old beer o’clock