Easyjet cheif executive, Johan Lundgren, has said that Boris Johnson's 'traffic light' travel plan is only for those 'who can afford it.'
Many leaders in the travel industry expressed their anger, following the Prime Minister's coronavirus press conference yesterday.
Boris Johnson said that the country would push on with the roadmap and that outdoor dining and drinking will start again next week.
But he warned people not to book any foreign travel and stressed that those wishing to go on holiday will need to be 'realistic' over the resumption of travel.
Downing Street confirmed that when the rules eventually do relax and people can go on holiday a traffic light system will be in place.
Travellers arriving from countries rated green will not be required to isolate although pre-departure and post-arrival tests will still be needed.
For those classed as amber or red, the restrictions will remain as they are with arrivals required to isolate or enter quarantine.
Chief executive of easyJet, Johan Lundgren has warned that the Government's plan to require holidaymakers returning from "green" countries to take tests pre-departure and post-arrival will only open up international travel "for people who can afford it".
Johan Lundgren told BBC Breakfast: "It should not be needed to put any more complexities and cost in order to travel to and from those destinations, but what the Government came up with yesterday was that they were looking to introduce a two-test system, which means that, even in those green countries, that green category of destinations, you would still need to take on additional cost to do so.
"If the Government was choosing to take one of those PCR tests, (of) which the cost is way over and above what the cost is of an average easyJet fare as an example, you wouldn't open up international travel for everyone, you would open up international travel for people who can afford it.
"I don't think that is fair, I don't think it's right and I don't think it is necessarily established from a medical and scientific point of view that is the right thing to do.
"If they choose, however, to go down that route to have the tests in place, it should be the same type of testing, the lateral flow testing, which is much cheaper, more accessible, that is being used to open up the domestic sector as an example."
Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy The PC Agency, said: “The Government cannot keep kicking the can down the road as hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk.
"It needs to urgently put in place safe solutions to travel for business, leisure and to see family."
Clive Wratten, boss of trade body the Business Travel Association, said: "Today's announcement from the Prime Minister is beyond disappointing.
"We are leading the way in vaccination and science. This is a cause of huge celebration, but if we are to restart our economy, we need to have a clear pathway to international travel and trade.
"This has once again been kicked down the road."
