Brits could be holidaying in Spain, Italy and France from as early as next week

The Foreign Office is set to declare a list of European countries the UK will be creating ‘air bridges’ with, which means summer holidays could be on the cards after all!

It’s good news for holidaymakers as it is looking more and more promising that we may be able to travel to some European safe spots without quarantining on either end of the travel. 

France, Italy and Spain are expected to be some of the first countries, according to The Sun, with a list of the safe holiday destinations set to be officially announced over the next few weeks now revealed. 

Air bridges are a new concept that sees countries with similar infection rates allow travel between those countries, without the need to self-isolate when you get there or on your return.

Currently, anyone travelling into the UK has to self-isolate for two weeks, but this could be abolished soon according to some reports. 

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed that these travel corridors will only be allowed in those countries where the coronavirus test and trace systems are of the same standard as the UK. 

The Foreign Office is expected to change its current advise from ‘against all but essential international travel’ to allow for travelling to those countries the UK creates corridors with.

These corridors are expected to be reviewed on June 29th. 

Along with France, Italy and Spain, Germany, Austria, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and possibly Portugal are also reported to be on the list of the first batch of ‘safe nations’.

However, long haul flights from the UK to Vietnam, Hong Kong or Singapore shouldn’t be expected until mid-late summer. And a large number of long haul destinations such as America, Mexico and South America shouldn’t be expected until a lot later on in the year.

There is also likely to be a slow trickle of additional medium haul destinations such as Turkey and Dubai in and around August following the announcement. 

Many people are expecting an announcement by the end of the week.