There are also reports of moves by the UK government to step up its lobbying efforts to persuade US president Joe Biden to lift the current ban on British visitors.
But there are warnings reopening inbound international travel could increase the risk of new Covid-19 variants coming into the country, while the UK’s seven-day downward trend in new cases of Covid-19 came to an end.
Here are all the key headlines concerning travel in Thursday’s national press (29 July).
Britain’s back in business
