THESE are the green list countries you will be able to fly to from Leeds Bradford once they are added to the list on June 30.

A host of new countries and islands were added to the UK’s travel green list yesterday, including a number of popular holiday destinations, as Covid rates in these locations have fallen to low levels.

Many are extremely popular spots for British holidaymakers, with routes going to them from Leeds Bradford Airport.

Malta and the Balearic Islands – including Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca – have been added to the green list, all of which are direct destinations from Leeds Bradford, with flights expected to be back on from the Yeadon-based airport soon.

The first flight out to Ibiza leaves at 8.40am on July 1, with one-way tickets currently priced at £200 a pop with Jet2.com. For Majorca the departure time is 6am and the cost is even higher at £206, while for Menorca the first flight is at 6.15 with flights from £54, and the first flight to Malta leaves on July 7 and costs £76.

Other destinations added to the list which are not on the direct route list from Leeds Bradford include the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, as well as the Portuguese island of Madeira, and other British Overseas Territories have also been added including Indian Ocean territory, the Pitcairn Islands, and Antarctica.

Mainland Spain and Portugal will remain on the amber list, as will much of the rest of Europe, however travel to these areas may be made easier if plans to allow fully vaccinated people to no be required to quarantine when they get back to England are brought in.

However, much of mainland Europe looks to be on the brink of a new wave of Covid cases caused by the Delta variant, with serious concerns among leaders in the EU that the highly transmissible variant could take hold, particularly in countries where vaccine rollout has been slow, leaving many people – particularly the young – at risk of catching the new variant if lockdown restrictions are eased.