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Heathrow to drop face covering requirement

Air
Will Payne
15 March 2022

Heathrow is set to remove its requirement for travellers to wear a face covering in its terminals on Wednesday (16 March).

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have welcomed the move, signalling they will be revising their onboard face mask policy as well

However, the London airport still "strongly encourages" people to continue to wear a face mask, although this will no longer be a firm requirement.

The change came on the same day transport secretary Grant Shapps announced the removal of all remaining Covid-19 travel restrictions and mirrors steps taken by Jet2.com and Tui.