BRITS are facing a race against time to fly home before the Balearic Islands are added to the UK's amber list on Monday.
Holidaymakers are desperate as any non-vaccinated British travellers will have to quarantine for 10 days after returning from the islands.Brits have now raced to various airports as Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca were all struck off the green list.
Palma de Mallorca airport was seen looking packed today as Brits scrambled for a flight home.
It comes after passengers were seen on Friday queuing at a Covid testing clinic in San Antonio to get PCR checks.
The Government has infuriated travellers, and been accused of "double standards" on international travel after the U-turn.
There has been criticism after it was announced that Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca would be added to the amber travel list due to a surge in coronavirus cases, little more than a fortnight after they went green.
RACE TO GET HOME
The change for those returning to England, Scotland and Wales from the Spanish islands will take place at 4am on Monday, July 19.
This means that the holiday plans of unjabbed Brits who have already booked trips abroad lie in tatters.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the change was due to Covid case rates having doubled since the Balearics were added to the green list on June 30.
Mr Shapps said: "Travel is not the same as it was before the global pandemic.
"Clearly if you're booking to a green watch list country you need to make sure you can get your money back and change accommodation."
Infections on the islands have soared to 258 cases per 100,000 people.
Double-jabbed Brits coming back after the switch will not have to isolate.
But they will still need to take a test before their return to the UK, and on the second day after getting home.
Kids will also be exempt from isolation but those without a vaccine passport will have to spend ten days at home, and take three expensive PCR tests.
