Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced on Friday (September 17) that the amber category in the traffic light system will be scrapped from October 4. Also, from 4am on October 4, pre-departure Covid-19 tests will no longer be required for fully-vaccinated travellers arriving into England from non-red list countries.
The airline’s chief commercial officer Sophie Dekkers told the House of Commons’ transport select committee on Tuesday (September 21) that her team was surprised and delighted with the announcement as they had not expected the removal of PCR test rules, according to a report in Travel Weekly.
But she said there was still “a lot of confusion” about the rules, especially regarding children and non-vaccinated travellers.
“In terms of sales over the weekend, they did pick up but not to the extent that we’ve seen in previous announcements because we’ve missed the summer,” she told the MPs on the committee.
The Mallorcan hoteliers federation said that the easing of the restrictions was a case of better late than never.
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We were considering a Majorca trip from next week after the rules change but have given up on the idea. The paperwork of the ridiculous passenger locator forms at both ends. What’s the point of this at current vacillated levels, may have been valid during pre vaccine times not now Return 2 day tests Time to get back to normal life.