The Future of Aviation Group has called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to end the need for passenger locator forms for travellers arriving in Britain.
In a letter sent this week, Henry Smith, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Future of Aviation, urged Johnson to scrap the forms to ¡°allow people within the UK and around the world to fly again without facing unnecessary rules and procedures that are no longer fit for purpose.¡±
Smith, who is also MP for Crawley, added: ¡°This move should be a part of a concerted effort to help these vital sectors to UK economic growth recover from the pandemic.¡±
The letter noted the travel, aviation and tourism industries ¡°devastating losses¡± because of the pandemic and said more needs to be done ¡°to remove restrictions on international travel which continue to dampen confidence and sector recovery.¡±
The Future of Aviation Group was set up in October 2020 to tackle the challenges facing the industries as a result of Covid.
It recently announced an inquiry into the recovery of the travel and tourism industries?and called for submissions from interested parties.