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End of travel curbs marks 'real beginning of recovery'

Government
James Chapple
14 March 2022

The travel industry has hailed, as one, the government’s plans to end all Covid-era travel restrictions this week as "the real beginning of recovery".

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Transport secretary Grant Shapps on Monday (14 March) confirmed passenger locator forms and inbound testing would be scrapped from 4am on Friday (18 March).


Jet2holidays and Jet2.com chief executive Steve Heapy said the announcement "marked international travel finally returning to normal" almost two years after the onset of the pandemic.


"The removal of needless forms and ineffective testing regimes means that customers can at long last enjoy hassle-free travel, just like they did before the pandemic," he said.