However, there are also warnings of half-term “chaos” for families with children who have had Covid-19 but not taken a PCR test potentially being unable to use vaccine passports during their holidays.
Grant Shapps has also revealed that passenger locator forms will be “simplified”, with the transport secretary branding the current form “ridiculously complicated”.
Elsewhere, tensions over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine are growing, while prime minister Boris Johnson’s troubles continue with revelations of a birthday party held for him during lockdown in 2020.
Here are the headlines the travel industry woke up to on Tuesday (25 January)
