UK airlines urge PM to give green light for international travel - here's when holidays could resume

By Helen Johnson
Published 4th Apr 2021, 13:02 BST
Airline bosses in the UK are calling on the Prime Minister to give the green light for international travel (Photo: Shutterstock)Airline bosses in the UK are calling on the Prime Minister to give the green light for international travel (Photo: Shutterstock)
Airline bosses in the UK are calling on the Prime Minister to give the green light for international travel (Photo: Shutterstock)

Airline bosses in the UK are calling on the Prime Minister to give the green light for international travel within weeks.

Travel overseas from the UK is currently banned - apart from a small number of exceptions - but the Government is set to publish its global travel task force reports in relation to foreign travel on 12 April.

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The chief executives of a number of UK airlines, including British Airways, easyJet, Jet2.com, Loganair, Ryanair, Tui and Virgin Atlantic - as well as trade body Airlines UK - wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson about giving them the green light for international travel.

In England, Scotland and Wales, travel overseas is currently banned until 17 May at the earliest, with Northern Ireland yet to announce any dates.

When the travel ban is lifted, holiday destinations could also be ranked under a "traffic light system", which would mean fewer restrictions in place for countries with low Covid rates and a high vaccination take-up, according to reports.