The Home Office announced a temporary exemption from obtaining an electronic travel authorization (ETA) for certain passengers transiting airside.

•  All eligible non-European travelers are now required to obtain an ETA prior to travel to the United Kingdom for tourism, family visits, business meetings, conferences or short-term study for six months or less.
• The ETA requirement also applies to passengers both traveling to or transiting through the U.K., and “following feedback from the aviation industry,” the government has now implemented a temporary exemption for passengers who transit airside, and therefore do not pass through U.K. border control.
• The exemption will be kept under review and primarily affects the Heathrow and Manchester airports that offer transit facilities.