Flights arriving elsewhere
Over in Gatwick and Stanstead, people reveal they are paying hundreds of pounds to return before the quarantine is cut off.
One woman said she paid an extra £ 300 to fly from Portugal to avoid a 10-day quarantine at home.
Ana Pacheco (28) from Islington in north London, who was on vacation near Porto, said at Gatwick Airport on Monday: “I was a little upset and angry, but there is nothing I can do because I really had to go to Portugal.
“I lost money on this trip, about £ 300 extra, because I was supposed to be back tomorrow night, so it’s pretty annoying.
“I think there should have been more time to get home, at least a week would have been better.”
A couple who arrived in the UK from Portugal said they paid £ 800 for a flight to avoid quarantine at home and leave them under “extreme stress”.
Alan and Lisa Pechey from Cambridge, vacationing in Lisbon, were scheduled to return to London Stansted Airport on Tuesday but paid £ 400 each to book a flight to Gatwick.
Ms. Pechey, 66, told the PA news agency at the airport on Monday: “It was really expensive and I think the government was totally unfair to throw this at us on Thursday because it really totally ruined our vacation.
“We flew out on Monday to take a break, but from Thursday we were extremely stressed.
“My main problem was the stress because we didn’t want to be in quarantine.
“I was really angry because they should have told us to watch out if we went to Portugal so everyone would know.”