‘I can finally hold him’: onboard flight BA001 after US opens border to UK visitors
Nearly 20 months after the US introduced a travel ban, British travellers were finally allowed into the country on Monday.
On board British Airways flight 001 from London Heathrow to New York, there was a sense of anticipation among passengers who were looking forward to being reunited with family and friends, heading on holiday, or taking a business trip.
Bhavna Patel, 59, from south Croydon, accompanied by her daughter Bindiya, 31, was travelling out to see her grandson, who was born more than a year ago. The first member of the next generation in her family, she has seen him online but never in person.
“I can’t wait to hold him,” she said on board the flight. Her son had married an American and eventually settled in Manhattan: “Usually they
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