School pupils and students across Scotland have now entered into their Easter holidays this week.
17.03.2022 - 16:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from Friday, with the Easter holidays just around the corner. Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced that the need to complete a passenger locator form will be dropped later this week.
All measures will cease from 4am on Friday March 18, including the requirement of unvaccinated people to be tested for coronavirus.
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Mr Shapps said it would mean “you can travel just like in the good old days”.
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Ryanair's website states that you must still wear a face mask or covering in the airport and on board your flight.
Some countries require this to be a surgical face mask. If you are travelling to/from/within Italy, Austria or Germany, it must be a FFP2 face mask.
Chief executive Michael O’Leary has said that he expects this requirement to be scrapped by late April or early May.
TUI is no longer requiring passengers to wear masks while flying to and from England and Northern Ireland, as this is not now a legal requirement.
However, the airline says it still “strongly recommends” that passengers continue to wear them.
EasyJet says it requires passengers aged six and over to wear masks while boarding its aircraft and throughout its flights.
The airline warns that passengers who do not wear a mask will not be allowed to board easyJet aircraft.
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School pupils and students across Scotland have now entered into their Easter holidays this week.
Travel company TUI has issued a statement on new face mask rules before everyone begins booking their flights for the Easter holidays.
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