Jet2 suspends ALL flights and holidays until June 23 and slams ministers lack of clarity in plans - after Grant Shapps says people CAN start to think about booking trips and tells profiteering Covid test firms to slash cost of PCR checks
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out details of traffic light system when restriction ease on May 17
Review in June could slash quarantine and testing of popular tourist destinations and even allow free tests
Only handful of countries including Greece, USA, Malta and Caribbean islands expected to be on green list
Airlines demanding the Government allows travellers to use cheaper and quicker lateral flow tests to travel
Traffic light system could see holidaymakers pull out £120 for PCR test ANYONE wishing to get away this summer may be able to do so if they abide by controversial new rules laid out by the Government today. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted foreign holidays will be able to resume “safely and sustainably” under new Government plans. But travel firms have slammed measures to force holidaymakers returning from low-risk destinations to take an “expensive and unnecessary” type of coronavirus test. Mr Shapps announced a “framework” for resuming overseas leisure travel which includes requiring all arrivals to take pre-departure and post-arrival coronavirus tests.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted foreign holidays will be able to resume “safely and sustainably” under new Government plans. But travel firms have slammed measures to force holidaymakers returning from low-risk destinations to take an “expensive and unnecessary” type of coronavirus test. Mr Shapps announced a “framework” for resuming overseas leisure travel which includes requiring all arrivals to take pre-departure and post-arrival coronavirus tests. Post-arrival tests must be the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) type which cost around £120, he revealed. This is despite pleas from the travel sector to allow travellers returning from countries on the “green” list under the new risk-based traffic light system to take lateral flow tests, which are cheaper and quicker.
Start thinking about booking foreign holidays says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
The Cabinet minister said it s the first time in many months he was not advising against booking trips abroad
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Britain’s airline industry has criticised the government’s plan to restart international travel, saying it’s too expensive and will make flying unaffordable.
The government’s Global Travel Taskforce published a report on Friday, which set out COVID-19 testing requirements for international travellers but gave no clarity on whether Britons will be allowed to travel abroad from May 17.
The Global Travel Taskforce report has set out the approach to safely restart international travel. This will ensure businesses and the economy continue to grow as well as helping reconnect families across the globe.✈️