British Airways (BA) will introduce digital vaccine passports in time for the return of international travel in May, when Britons are allowed to travel for their holidays, a media report said. The airline will ask those who have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine to log their vaccination details with their BA app.

The new BA decision was announced at a time when the Scottish Labour Party revealed passengers are bypassing the Scottish government’s hotel quarantine system by flying from other airports in Britain. Holidays will not be allowed until May 17 at the earliest, the British government has said, but before that, on April 12, Britain will announce how and when non-essential travel into and out of the country can resume.

However, experts have warned that Britain is “still not out of the woods” amid concerns over new variants and the risks of the public breaching restriction rules.