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Liverpool Echo
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Jess Flaherty

Ryanair, EasyJet and Jet2 sell Portugal tickets for as little as £16.80 after country rejoins UK's travel safe list

Airlines are offering flights to Portugal for as little as £16.80 following news the country was being added to the government's "safe" countries list.

This means British holidaymakers can now travel to the country without needing to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issues advice to UK nationals on where it's safe to travel abroad.

The government's list of countries and territories where Brits can travel to and not have to quarantine is constantly being updated.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, a rolling review system could see countries removed from the list at very short notice.

Over the past two months, countries have been added and removed from the "exempt" list based on the number of coronavirus cases occurring there.

But the government's recent announcement that quarantine restrictions for Portugal have been lifted has seen many airlines resume flights and offer potential holidaymakers plenty of bargains.

Jet2 confirmed it will resume flights to Portugal, with multiple weekly flights departing from all nine of its UK bases including Belfast International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle.

The company is already operating flights to Madeira (Funchal) from Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and London Stansted.

Budget airline Ryanair is already selling flights to Faro from £16.80 from London Stansted and £34.64 from Liverpool, while EasyJet is advertising flights to Portugal from £28.99.

It's worth bearing in mind that travel advice remains ever changing.

If your flight or package holiday is cancelled by your travel firm, then you'll be due a full refund.

If your trip isn't cancelled, you should still get a refund for package holidays but with flights and hotels, getting your money back becomes much harder.

It's also worth noting most travel insurance won't cover you if you travel when the FCO is advising against non-essential travel.

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