UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has added 16 destinations to its “green list”. Malta, Madeira and the Balearic Islands are among the most wished-for new additions. Travelers arriving from countries deemed “green” need not quarantine when entering the UK. The changes to the list are due to take effect from 4am on 30 June.
Up until today, there are 11 locations on the green list: Ascension Island, Australia, Brunei, the Falkland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha, St Helena, Singapore, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
As of June 30th, the list will include the following destinations:
- Anguilla (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Antigua and Barbuda (from 04:00BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Australia
- Balearic Islands (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Barbados (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Bermuda (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- British Antarctic Territory (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- British Indian Ocean Territory (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- The British Virgin Islands (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Brunei
- Cayman Islands (from 4 am BSTon Wednesday 30 June)
- Dominica (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Gibraltar
- Grenada (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Iceland
- Israel and Jerusalem
- Madeira (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Malta (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- Montserrat (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- New Zealand
- Pitcairn Islands (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Singapore
- Turks and Caicos Islands (from 4 am BST on Wednesday 30 June)
The last time the UK authorities reviewed the list was three weeks ago, and no new countries were added. Though the island of Madeira will appear on the green list, mainland Portugal and the Azores will remain on the Amber list.
British transport secretary Grant Shapps also announced that “UK residents who are fully vaccinated will not have to isolate when traveling from amber list countries.”
Specific details on the scheme are not yet known but according to secretary Shapps the information will be available in July.
We’re nearly at the point of no return for travel this summer. If we don’t start getting some proper destination flying very, very soon, then we’re going to have bankruptcies and business failures
Brian Strutton, Pilots’ union Balpa
The following countries have been added to the red list (i.e. travel is banned from this countries as of June 30th)
- Dominican Republic
- Eritrea
- Haiti
- Kuwait
- Mongolia
- Tunisia
- Uganda
