Leaders of Britain’s major airlines and travel companies have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, complaining about the “haphazard and disproportionate” travel restrictions imposed after the detection of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and urging the government to help the travel industry survive the crisis. Under restrictions introduced to slow the spread of Omicron, all travellers arriving in England are required to take a pre-departure CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result from a post-arrival test. In addition, people arriving in the UK from the 11 African countries currently on the UK’s travel “red list” must spend 11 nights in a quarantine hotel at a cost of £2,285 ($3,029) for solo travellers. In their joint letter, the chief executives of seven companies—including Ryanair and British Airways—accused Boris Johnson of breaking his promises to fix the high cost of PCR tests for travellers. “As leaders …