After two long years of pandemic-related restrictions, the UK has officially scrapped all existing COVID-19 travel measures.
Beginning at 4 a.m. on Friday, passengers traveling through London Heathrow Airport no longer need to provide a passenger locator form or a negative COVID-19 test from unvaccinated travelers, the UK government announced this week.
Also this week, London’s Heathrow Airport said goodbye to the mandatory mask mandate. The largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom no longer requires people to wear Covid masks in its terminals, railway stations or office buildings but will continue to recommend they do so.
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2 airlines have also relaxed their policies on face coverings, making it a personal choice for customers and crew to wear them on board.
Passengers must still wear them on board flights if the country they’re travelling to requires it.
“I look forward to continuing to work with the travel sector and partners around the world to keep international travel moving”, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday.
Other European countries, such as France, are beginning to follow the UK in the removal of facial coverings in public areas.
