The group, which represents UK-registered airlines, said more countries would be included on the green list if a truly “risk-based” system was used.
Rob Griggs, Airlines UK’s director of policy and public affairs, told the Travel Technology Initiative (TTI) webinar: “The government is very risk-averse on travel. The evidence says there’s no zero risk to opening any part of the economy – whether that’s pubs or schools.
“We can put in measures that create a balanced risk to reopening international travel. If we had a risk-based traffic light system, we would have more countries on the green list than we do now.”
