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Scottish airports risk being 'left behind' without testing scheme The scheme to cut travel quarantine to five days has launched in England – Scotland has yet to follow suit Edinburgh airport in summer 2020 Credit: Getty Scotland’s airports risk being "left behind" as the country lacks a clear travel testing plan, according to industry leaders.  Travellers arriving in England from countries without a travel corridor can now reduce their quarantine time to as little as five days, on receipt of a negative Covid-19 test result – Scotland has yet to join the scheme, known as 'Test to Rele...

BBC News Published image copyrightEPA Aviation industry leaders have called on the Scottish government to "make urgent progress" on introducing a testing regime for travellers. AGS Airports, Edinburgh Airport and Airlines UK claim Scottish aviation is "being left behind" because of a lack of a testing strategy. The call came as a Test to Release scheme for international travel was launched in England. The Scottish government said the claims were "simply not true". It added that while a final decision had yet to be made, it was "not yet satisfied that moving from quarantine to testing would p...

Share Edinburgh Airport Scotland’s airports and the body representing UK-registered airlines say Scottish aviation is being “left behind due to the lack of a testing strategy” and have jointly called on the Scottish Government to make urgent progress on the introduction of an effective testing regime that will enable the safe restart of aviation and protect thousands of jobs. The calls come on the day that a new test to release programme began that is designed to allow passengers arriving in England to cut the length of their quarantine in half on receipt of a negative ...