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Virgin 'hopeful for good news soon' on US testing easing

Air
Tom Parry
8 June 2022

Virgin Atlantic remains “hopeful for good news soon” on the easing of US pre-departure testing as industry pressure mounts on the Biden administration to relax rules for fully vaccinated travellers.

Virgin Atlantic said it welcomed the CAA's decision

Currently, US-bound passengers are required to show a negative test result taken no more than a day before travel.

US travel chiefs have renewed demands to scrap the requirement, with senior leaders meeting government officials at the White House last week claiming America’s travel sector was being “disproportionately harmed” by the policy “even though the science no longer supports it”.