Manchester Airport has welcomed the biggest relaxation of travel rules to date as 'brilliant news' for the aviation industry.
A total of 47 countries including South Africa, Mexico and Thailand will be removed from England's red list on Monday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.
Travellers arriving from those destinations will no longer need to spend 11 nights in a quarantine hotel at a cost of £2,285 for solo travellers.
Just seven countries will remain on the red list following the changes. They are Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.