Commenting on the Government’s confused messaging around summer holidays, Brian Strutton, BALPA General Secretary, said:

“There’s no doubt that the public has been confused by the traffic light system for international travel, but we had hoped that Government Ministers at the very least would understand it.

“They have finally confirmed this morning that people can take personal responsibility for whether to travel to Amber list countries.

“The aviation and travel sector has been decimated by the Government’s confused policies and it must feel like slow torture for the British public desperate to have a summer break. At the next review in a weeks’ time the Government must either open more routes including to the US or compensate the aviation and travel sectors for killing their businesses.

“And they must finally end the damaging mixed messages.”