UK closes up as the European Union opens up

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 September 2019 at 10:57:39 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 31 May 2020 at 11:06:19 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 02 June 2020 at 17:49:01 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 03 June 2020 at 17:41:23 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Infrastructure, health, airport, transport, tourism, Channel, UK, United Kingdom.
Fig. 1 - S1 (03.06.2020) - Port of Dover welcomes yearly 12 millions passengers, it is World's second busiest passenger port.
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Anyone arriving in the UK (except from Ireland) must observe a 14-day quarantine from 8 June. This contrasts with the reopening started in the EU.
Fig. 2 - S2 (21.09.2019) - Eurostar carried 11 million people through Channel Tunnel in 2018, connecting UK, France, Belgium & Netherlands.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (31.05.2020) - London Heathrow international airport counts 2 runways, 80 airlines flying to 185 destinations in 84 countries.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (02.06.2020) - Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic with 80.8 million passengers in 2019.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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