The news brings both a collective sigh of relief and a likely flood of new international travelers to an already chaotic summer season. And the battered travel industry is cheering the removal of the barrier to both groups of prospective customers. For months, such organizations had been calling for the testing requirement to be scrapped, as it has been in Canada and the United Kingdom since March, as well as most countries in Europe. "I'd expect to see a boost in trans-Atlantic travel demand and airlines responding by adding more flights to capture the new swaths of travelers eager to travel between the US and Europe," Keyes said. The summer travel season will be a very busy one in many parts of Europe.

Source: CNN June 12, 2022 07:00 UTC