On Thursday (7 October), the Department for Transport announced that the category would be slashed from 54 countries down to seven, effective Monday (11 October).
While chief executive of Abta Mark Tanzer welcomed the move, he also called on the central authority to put plans in place to replace day two PCR tests with cheaper lateral flow tests in time for the October half-term.
"We also urge the government to remove all testing for primary school age children, which would bring it in line with the approach it has for testing in schools," he added.
