Ex-Gulf Air boss swapped passport and tried to avoid 10 days quarantine in UK fined | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Ex-Gulf Air boss swapped passport and tried to avoid 10 days quarantine in UK fined | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

A former Gulf Air CEO and one of Britain's most successful airline chiefs faces a fine of up to £10,000 (BD5,230) after failing to declare that he had visited a 'red list' country, reports The Mail. In 2002, James Hogan joined Gulf Air, where he served for four years. He is known as the man who almost single-handedly piloted the then loss-making airline into profitability. He resigned in 2006, apparently to pursue a career in "another Gulf airline". Millionaire Hogan, also the former chief executive of Etihad Airways, is understood to have been detained by Border Force officers at Heathrow last month after arriving on a flight from Switzerland. Sources told The Mail that the business chief failed to disclose that just two days earlier he had been in Abu Dhabi, which is one of 40 countries on the British government's so-called 'red list'. Anyone arriving from 'red list' countries must check into a government-approved quarantine hotel for 10 days. Sources claim that Mr Hogan was stopped on March 19 after a whistleblower who had learnt of his travel plans tipped off a British Embassy. It is believed he was immediately escorted to a quarantined hotel, where he self-isolated for