Airline charges rocket after Christmas was cancelled

To change a flight from UK to Spain to leave earlier to beat the flights ban is costing upwards of 1,500 Euros. A staggering increase to put even more misery on people who live in Spain and are trying to get back following the cancellation of Christmas in the UK. When this pandemic is all over the blatant exploitation by the airline industry will need to be thoroughly investigated. We are in a cruel period of history where every family has lost control of their own future. Everything now is dictated by government. There are no choices left. How is it possible that anyone is allowed to seek advantage of this situation by piling on the financial penalties for trying to sort out one's life? There are going to be tens of thousands of people stranded, either people who live in Europe but came here to spend Christmas with their friends or relatives or those who left for a Christmas with relatives in Europe and are now desperate to return home. They are all stuck. Who is going to sort out this messs? The terrible thing it's only going to get worse from January 1 when the UK finally leaves the EU. No one in Europe will care any longer about the poor Brits. Travel is going to get more and more complex. Especially if there's no trade deal sorted out before December 31. What an unholy political mess we have all been landed in.