The rules for international travellers are set to be reviewed in January, with an aim to boost holidays, as confirmed by Aviation minister Robert Courts, while speaking at the Airlines 2021 conference in Westminster.
Despite an easing of the regulations last month, fully vaccinated travellers no longer have to self-isolate but are still required to pay for a test when they enter the UK.
The minister said that he wants the aviation sector to "bounce back" from the coronavirus pandemic, as he added: "We all want to reduce not just testing but all the restrictive measures."
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He added: "We're going to review the policy in January. We'll be looking to see what we can do at that stage."
Willie Walsh, the ex boss of British Airways ' parent company IAG, agreed that the restrictive measures should be changed.
He said: "I think we've had overly restrictive measures in place in the UK for far too long, and that's definitely slowed down the recovery."
Mr Walsh urged the Department for Transport to be "more vocal in defending the aviation industry," as he added: "It has a job to do to ensure that other parts of Government understand the critical contribution that aviation makes, which I think has been taken for granted in the UK for far too long."
People who are not fully vaccinated must take a test in the three days before they arrive in the UK.
They must also quarantine at home or in the place they are staying for 10 days, and pay for two post-arrival PCR tests.
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