The travel industry is calling on the Government to remove all testing requirements for international travellers.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and Airlines UK said research they commissioned into travel restrictions found domestic, not international, restrictions would be the only way to reduce the spread of Omicron.
Pre-departure and day two PCR testing were reintroduced in late November and early December in response to the spread of Omicron.
From early December, MAG said passenger numbers at its airports fell by more than 30%.
The travel restrictions are expected to be reviewed on Wednesday.
MAG chief executive Charlie Cornish and Airlines UK boss Tim Alderslade released a joint statement on Tuesday saying the requirements could be removed “without impacting overall case rates and hospitalisations in the UK”.
“The Health Secretary rightly acknowledged as early as 8 December that the value of any form of restrictions was significantly reduced once Omicron became dominant in the UK,” they wrote.
“This latest research by Oxera and Edge Health clearly supports the…
