LET’S TEST AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER: NEW TRAVEL TESTING RULES TAKE EFFECT

‘Uncertainty, and a lack of transparency on decision making, is destroying consumer confidence in travel’ – Charlie Cornish, CEO, Manchester Airports Group.

Just after 4.30am on Tuesday morning, P&O Ferries’ Pride of Kent tied up at Dover after the short voyage from Calais. Simultaneously, Virgin Atlantic flight 207 from Hong Kong touched down at London Heathrow after a 13-hour flight.

The arriving passengers aboard the ferry and aircraft were the first to be required to take a pre-departure test after the latest policy reversal for travellers to the UK.

All arrivals from abroad aged 12 and over, regardless of vaccination status, are now required to take a test on the day of departure to the UK or one of the two previous days.

By Simon Calder.

Full story at Independent.