Air transport is a key factor in the rapid global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In the absence of air transport the spread of Covid-19 to the United Kingdom would have occurred later and Covid-19 might perhaps not (yet) have reached the United Kingdom at all.
It was the existence of air transport from China, whether by direct flight or indirect, that necessitated the closure of the UK Border on 31st January, to which I referred in an earlier post on this blog:
The United Kingdom's border should have been closed on 31st January 2020
I mention the key role of air transport in spreading Covid-19 infection because the closure of the UK Border on 31st January 2020 would inevitably have caused major disruption to air traffic to and from the United Kingdom.
On the principle that "the polluter pays" there is a form of natural justice that the adverse effects of the proposed closure of the UK Border would have fallen primarily on airlines.
The airlines were a key factor in introducing Covid-19 into the United Kingdom.
It would have been fair that the industry which was in course of damaging the public health in the United Kingdom should be first to pay the cost.
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