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US govt urged to ‘immediately’ reopen transatlantic travel with UK

Destinations
Rob Gill
9 July 2021

A coalition of 24 US-based travel associations has called for transatlantic travel between the US and UK to be “quickly reopened” following the success of both countries’ Covid-19 vaccination programmes.

(Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine / Unsplash)

(Credit: Kevin Lancepaine / Unsplash)

The group, which includes the US Travel Association, Airlines for America, Global Business Travel Association, airline association Iata and the US Chamber of Commerce, has produced a “blueprint” detailing how US authorities can safely lift current restrictions on international visitors.

One of the immediate steps that the coalition is calling for from the US government is a reopening of US-UK travel, “given the two countries’ similar vaccination records”.

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