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Cheap, rapid testing critical to restart, say aviation chiefs

Government
James Chapple
7 April 2021

Aviation chiefs have welcomed Boris Johnson’s hint that cheaper and quicker lateral flow testing for Covid-19 could be used to satisfy the UK’s post-arrival testing requirements.

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Pressed on comments from easyJet chief Johan Lundgren that the current cost of testing could price many people out of overseas leisure travel altogether, Johnson on Tuesday (6 April) said the government would look to make the country’s inbound testing requirements "as flexible and as affordable as possible".