Jet2, EasyJet and TUI react to 'game changing' Covid travel testing announcement
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAirlines and holiday companies are celebrating the 'game changing' lifting of coronavirus testing rules for travellers arriving in the UK.
Double-vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to take a coronavirus test when arriving in the UK from February 11, the transport secretary announced today.
Passengers who do not qualify as fully vaccinated will no longer be required to do a day eight test, but they will still need to take a pre-departure test and a PCR test within two days of arriving back in the UK.
Grant Shapps said the policy of post-arrival lateral flow tests for vaccinated travellers had “outlived its usefulness”, telling MPs in the House of Commons that the change would help the aviation industry to “take back to the skies”.
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