Country-by-country Travel Information

Required documentation

All passengers travelling to Austria must complete the Entry and Transit Declaration form.

 

Restrictions

1) Passengers arriving from Australia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Republic Korea, Uruguay or Vatican and who have only been to these countries or in Austria within the last 10 days are free to enter Austria (no pcr- or antigen-test of sars-cov-2, no quarantine).

2) Third-country nationals (note 1) arriving from out of Schengen area or from out of countries listed under 1) are not allowed to enter Austria.

3) Remaining persons are required to start a 10-day quarantine, which is considered to have ended if a molecular pcr- / antigen-test for sars-cov-2 is carried out at the earliest on the fifth day after entry and the test result is negative. Persons are obliged to pre-travel-clearance (note 4) and to Present confirmation upon arrival.

4) Exceptions apply to the following persons, although they must present a medical certificate (note 2) that is not older than 72 hours and confirms that a pcr- / antigen-test is negative for sars-cov-2: - humanitarian forces, - people who come for work purposes, - an accompanying person during entry for medical reasons, - persons who enter the country for the purpose of performing a mandatory court or official duty, such as summoning to court hearings, - strangers, if they have a photo id according to paragraph 95 of the aliens police act 2005. If the medical certificate cannot be presented, a ten-day quarantine must be commenced immediately. if a pcr- / antigen-test carried out during this time for sars-cov-2 is negative, the quarantine is deemed to have ended.

5) Exceptions apply to the following people, who have to enter a 10-day quarantine, which is considered to have ended if a pcr- / antigen-test for sars-cov-2 is carried out at the earliest on the fifth day after entry and the test result is negative:

• Austrian citizens, EU / EEA citizens and people who live with them in the same household,
• Swiss citizens and citizens of the UK as well as persons who live with them in the same household,
• people with residence or habitual abode in EU/ EEA countries or Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, the Vatican, Switzerland or the UK and people who live with them in the same household,
• entry in connection with other important events that can be planned in the family circle such as weddings, baptisms, birthday parties or the non-regular visit of the partner,
• foreigners, if they have a visa d issued by Austria or a photo id according to paragraph 95 of the aliens police act 2005,
• persons who are entitled to stay in Austria on the basis of a residence permit, a residence title or documentation of the right of residence in accordance with the settlement and residence act, or the asylum act 2005,
• members of the staff of diplomatic missions or consular posts and persons who live with them in the same household,
• employees of international organizations and people who live with them in the same household,
• humanitarian forces,
• persons who are employed by a domestic regional authority or a domestic corporation under public law and whose place of employment is abroad or whose service is performed abroad, insofar as the activity of this corporation abroad is in the interests of the republic of Austria,
• people who come for work purposes, - an accompanying person during entry for medical reasons,
• people who travel to the country to begin or continue studying or doing research,
• people who come to attend school, or
• people who enter the country for the purpose of performing a mandatory judicial or official obligation, such as summoning to court hearings

6) The entry of - Austrian citizens, - persons who are subject to compulsory health insurance in Austria, or - persons who have been granted a treatment agreement by an Austrian hospital for medical reasons that are particularly worthy of consideration, is permitted without restriction if it takes place in Austria for the use of absolutely necessary medical services. Upon entry, a confirmation of the absolute necessity of using a medical service (note 3) must be presented.

7) General exemptions, regardless of where these people come from, apply to (persons neither need pcr- / antigen-test of sars-cov-2 nor have to start a quarantine):

• to maintain goods and passenger traffic (crews),
• exclusively for compelling reasons of animal care or for agricultural and forestry measures in individual cases,
• in the context of the implementation of a professional transfer trip / a professional transfer flight,
• in the imperative interest of the republic of Austria,
• transit passengers or the transit through Austria without a stopover, which is also the case with only essential interruptions,
• entry or re-entry as part of the regular commuter traffic for professional purposes, unless they are carers,
• entry or re-entry as part of regular commuter traffic to participate in school and study operations,
• entry or re-entry as part of regular commuter traffic for family purposes or to visit a partner,
• the crew of a repatriation trip / a repatriation flight including the accompanying organs of the public security service,
• for unforeseeable, urgent reasons that are particularly worthy of consideration in the family circle in individual cases (e.g. serious illnesses, deaths, funerals, births and the care of people in need of support in emergencies).

8) Persons required to start a quarantine have to provide a confirmation of availability of suitable accommodation already upon arrival and costs must be borne - otherwise entry will be refused. People who are obliged to quarantine must confirm this with their own signature in accordance with the quarantine confirmation 4 form upon entry.

9) children up to the age of 10 are exempted from any obligation to take a pcr- / antigen-test of sarscov-2

10) exemptions do not release passenger/crew from foreign immigration entry regulations, e.g. visas etc.

NOTE 1: Third-Country Nationals Are Nationals From All Remaining States, Except Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden As Well As United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway And Switzerland.

NOTE 2: medical certificate English: https://tinyurl.com/healthcerteng72

NOTE 3: confirmation of medical service English: https://tinyurl.com/medserviceeng

 

Links

Download Entry and Transit Declaration form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Austria_Passenger_Locator_Form.pdf.

Health / Medical Certificate:
https://tinyurl.com/healthcerteng72

Confirmation of Medical Service:
https://tinyurl.com/medserviceeng

More details on travel to Austria is available here:
https://www.austria.info/en/service-and-facts/coronavirus-information

Required documentation

All passengers travelling from Ireland to Belgium must complete a Passenger Locator Form. This form must be submitted at most 48 hours before arrival. After completing this form online you should be presented with a confirmation QR code which you must present to staff prior to boarding your flight.

Alternatively passengers may download, print and fill out the form. This form must be completed before boarding and presented to border control upon arrival in Brussels.

Passengers who have not completed the Passenger Locator Form will be denied boarding.

 

Sworn Statement

All passengers are obliged to fill in and sign the digital or paper version of a Sworn Statement. The passenger can find the Sworn Statement on the website https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/travels/. The Sworn Statement must be supported by the necessary supporting documents. If a passenger has not completed the Sworn Statement, the airline is permitted to deny boarding.

 

Restrictions

Non-essential travel to Belgium is prohibited for people who have their primary residence abroad. Non-essential travel abroad is prohibited for people who have their primary residence in Belgium.

Below is a list of reasons considered 'essential travel' applicable to people with EU or Schengen zone nationality or having their primary residence in a country of the EU, the Schengen zone or a safe country (Australia, South Korea, Japan, Rwanda, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand).

• Travel for purely professional reasons, including a travel by professional sportsmen and sportswomen with elite sport status, cultural sector professionals and journalist travelling for work
• Travel undertaken by diplomats, ministers, Heads of State and Government; a travel undertaken by staff of international organizations and institutions and people invited by international organizations and institutions whose physical presence is required for the proper functioning of those organizations and institutions; a travel undertaken by staff of diplomatic and consular posts and by people invited by these posts whose physical presence is required for the proper functioning of those posts; a travel undertaken by members of the European Parliament when performing their duties;
• Travel for compelling family reasons, i.e
  • Travel justified by family reunification, as defined in the Law of 15 December 1980 on access to the territory, residence, establishment and removal of aliens;
  • A visit to a spouse or partner who does not live under the same roof, insofar as the stable and long-term character of the relationship can be proven;
  • Travel in the context of co-parenting;
  • Travel in the context of a funeral or cremation of first-and second degree relatives or next of kin, insofar a plausible evidence can be provided of the stable and long-term character of the relationship with the next of kin;
  • Travel in the context of a civil or religious marriage of first-and second degree relatives or next of kin;
• Travel for humanitarian reasons, in particular:
  • for medical reasons or to continue medical treatment;
  • to provide assistance or care to an elderly, minor, disabled or vulnerable person;
  • palliative care visit;
• Study-related travel, in particular a travel by pupils, students and trainees who are undergoing training as part of their studies and research with a hosting agreement;
• Travel to a neighboring country by a resident of a border municipality and the adjacent neighboring municipalities as part of their everyday activities that are also allowed and necessary in the country of their primary residence; travel to a neighboring country by a resident of a border area as part of their everyday activities that are also allowed and necessary in the country of their primary residence, insofar as plausible evidence can be provided;
• Travel to take care of animals;
• Travel in the context of a legal obligation, insofar as it is necessary and cannot be done online;
• Travel to have urgent repairs carried out in the context of vehicle safety;
• Travel in the context of moving house;
• Transit travel;

 

Quarantine

Passengers travelling from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Croatia, Romania and the United Kingdom to Belgium are no longer required to go in quarantine for 14 days.

For more information on travel restrictions, quarantine & testing, please see the links to local government information on travel restrictions, quarantine & testing below.

 

Testing

Negative PCR test result

All non-residents in Belgium, from the age of 6 years, arriving on Belgian territory, coming from a red zone must have a negative PCR-test result based on a test carried out at the earliest 72 hours prior to departure. Airlines are obliged to deny boarding to passengers that cannot present a negative PCR-test result before boarding process.

Exceptions

The following passengers are not required to have a negative test result:
Passengers who only transit by air and who remain exclusively in the transit zone without entering Belgian territory as far as the Passengers are not required to have a negative PCR test result to continue their journey.

The passengers must be in possession of a confirmed connecting flight ticket. If a negative PCR test result is required by the final destination, the passengers must already be in possession of the negative PCR test result before arriving in Belgium. It's not possible to have a PCR-test in Belgium because the entry conditions are not fulfilled.

Tests:

• the document must be in paper or electronic format with immediate possibility to consult.
• the document must be produced in Dutch, French, German or English.
• the document produced by the traveler must contain the following information:
  • the result of this test must be negative.
  • the date of the sample must be clearly indicated
  • the document is valid for 48 hours from this date.
  • Only PCR tests for SARS CoV-2 with the PCR mention are accepted.
  • The analysis must have been carried out in an official laboratory in the country from which the passenger comes and certified by a doctor or pharmacist biologist
  • (equivalent INAMI number).
• The following tests are not accepted:
  • RT-LAMP;
  • Rapid antigenic tests;
  • Serological tests.

 

Links

Link to online Passenger Locator Form:
https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/public-health-passenger-locator-form

or

Download Passenger Locator Form (English):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/BELGIUM_PassengerLocatorForm_ENG.pdf

Download Passenger Locator Form (French):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/BELGIUM_PassengerLocatorForm_FR.pdf

Download Passenger Locator Form (Dutch):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/BELGIUM_PassengerLocatorForm_NL.pdf

Download Passenger Locator Form (German):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/BELGIUM_PassengerLocatorForm_DE.pdf

 

Sworn Statement (Download):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/BE-sworn-statement-Mar21.pdf

 

Local government information on travel restrictions, quarantine & testing:
https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr
https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/Pages/home.aspx
https://www.info-coronavirus.be/

Required documentation

All passengers travelling from Ireland to Bulgaria must complete a Passenger Locator Form prior to boarding.

 

Restrictions

The entry to the territory of the republic of Bulgaria is prohibited for all persons regardless of their nationality, except for:

• Bulgarian citizens, citizens of EU member states, great Britain and Northern Ireland, states of Schengen agreement, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican and their family members as well as persons who are in actual cohabitation with them, the citizens of Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, new Zealand, Rwanda, republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, Jordan, Ukraine, republic of north Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Israel, Kuwait.
• Individuals holding Bulgarian permanent or long-term residence permission and their family members.
• Persons, having legal residence in EU member states, Great Britain and northern Ireland, states of Schengen agreement, san Marino, Andorra, Monaco and Vatican and their family members.
• Medical specialists, medical researchers and social workers and their supervisors when the purpose of the trip is related to their profession.
• Workers engaged in the supply of medicines, medical devices and personal protective equipment, medical equipment, as well as during its installation and maintenance.
• Officials /heads of state, members of governments, etc./ and members of their elegations, as well as diplomats, officials from international organizations, military officers, security and public order officers and humanitarian workers in the performance of their duties and their family members.
• Persons travelling due to humanitarian reasons related to them of their wife/husbands or persons with whom they are in de facto cohabitation, relatives in the direct line-no lateral line restrictions including second degree relatives.
• Representatives of commercial economic and investment activities and persons directly involved in: building, maintaining, operating and ensuring the security of the strategic and critical infrastructure of the republic of Bulgaria, implementation of projects certified under the investment promotion act, analyses by projects of potential investors and other activities of importance for the country's economy, certified by a letter from the minister of economy or a minister responsible for the respective activity as well as persons involved in shipbuilding and ship repair and their family members. The letter from the respective minister should be presented to the border control authorities.
• Seasonal agricultural workers and workers in the tourism sector.
• Frontier workers.
• Persons traveling with educational purposes aiming to perform activities connected with finalizing 2019/2020 academic year as well as travelling to perform practical studies and practical exams also for the preparation of academic 2020/2021 years when these activities are impossible to be performed remotely.
• International sports events organizers and participants.

 

Transit rules

Individuals permitetd to transit through Bulgaria as follows:

• EU citizens, great Britain and Northern Ireland, states of the Schengen agreement, san Marino, Andorra, Monaco and Vatican and their family members.
• Non-EU /third countries/ citizens holding a long-term residence permit for other EU member state, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, states of the Schengen agreement, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco and Vatican and their family members.
• Citizens of Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Turkey, Albania, Kosovo and Moldova.

Note: transit travelling is only allowed when the immediate departure from the territory of Republic of Bulgaria can be guaranteed.

 

Covid-19 Test:

Passengers who are required to carry a negative Covid-19 test when the beginning of the journey is starting from:

• Republic of north Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Israel, Kuwait are allowed to entry only if they carry a negative covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test certificate made up to 72 hours prior entry into the country.

Passengers allowed entry without Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test certificate:

• From EU member states, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, Jordan and Ukraine.
• Bulgarian citizens and citizens of other EU member states, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, states of Schengen agreement, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco and Vatican travelling due to humanitarian reasons, related to them or their wife/husbands or persons with whom they are in de facto cohabitation, relatives in the direct line-no lateral line restrictions including second degree relatives.

 

Quarantine:

All passengers from Sweden, UK, Northern Ireland and Portugal, excluding the other EU States as well as from third countries excluding Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Montenegro,Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco and Vatican shall be placed under quarantine for 14 days.

Exempt from quarantine:

Bulgarian and other EU States, UK, Schengen States, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican citizens when travelling for humanitarian reasons; Bulgarian and other EU States, UK, Schengen States, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican citizens when travelling as representatives of commercial or economic and investment activities, building, maintaining, operating, ensuring security of strategic and critical infrastructure, implementation of projects under Investment Promotion Act, potential investors, other strategic activities for Bulgaria, persons involved in ship building and repair, medical and social workers staff when related to their professions, supply of medicines and devices staff when travelling for their profession, foreign officials, diplomats, international organisations staff, security and public order humanitarian workers, frontier workers when all performing their duties, aircraft crew flying to/from Bulgaria.

 

For passengers arriving from the UK

Restrictions Regarding flights from UK, the entry in Bulgaria is prohibited for all persons regardless of their nationality, except for:

• Bulgarian citizens and individuals holding Bulgarian permanent or long-term residence permission and their family members.
• medical specialists, medical researchers and social workers and their supervisors when the purpose of the trip is related to their profession.
• workers engaged in the supply of medicines, medical devices and personal protective equipment, medical equipment, as well as during its installation and maintenance.
• transport staff involved in international transportation of passengers, goods and cargo, aircraft crew and technical staff involved in the maintenance of the aircraft and other transport personnel if necessary, incl vessel crew and their technical staff.
• officials /heads of states, members of governments, etc./ and members of their delegations, as well as diplomats, officials from international organizations, military officers, security and public order officers and humanitarian workers in the performance of their duties and incl their family members.
• persons travelling due to humanitarian reasons when non-admission or leaving Bulgaria of a foreign citizen will cause serious danger for his health or life due to objective circumstances or for the integrity of his family or the highest interest of the family or the child requires his admission or stay on the territory of the country.
• representatives of commercial economic and investment activities and persons directly involved in: building, maintaining, operating and ensuring the security of the strategic and critical infrastructure of Bulgaria, implementation of projects certified under the investment promotion act, analyses by projects of potential investors and other activities of importance for the country's economy, certified by a letter from the minister of economy or a minister responsible for the respective activity as well as persons involved in shipbuilding and ship repair and incl their family members. The letter from the respective minister should be presented to the border control authorities.
• seasonal agricultural workers and workers in the tourism sector.
• the persons passing transit through Bulgaria when immediate departure is guaranteed.

Notes:
All individuals when arriving from UK shall be tested for COVID-19 and placed under quarantine for period of 10 days if negative and 14 days if positive except for:

• the persons passing transit through the territory of Bulgaria
.
• officials /heads of states, members of governments, etc./ and members of their delegations who carry a negative COVID-19 test certificate made up to 48 hours, reckoning from the date of the survey entered in the document.
• aircraft crews performing flightt to/from the AD in Bulgaria and persons involved in acft technical maintenance, the crew should not leave the aircraft except for the obligatory pre-flight preparation as well as their stay time before the take-off /fdp time/ should not be over 12 hours.

 

Links

Download Passenger Locator Form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Bulgaria_Passenger_Locator_Form.pdf

Burgas Airport:
https://burgas-airport.bg/node/1333010

Local government information:
https://coronavirus.bg

Restrictions

Persons permitted to travel to and enter Canada:

• Canadian citizens
• dual Canadian citizens with a valid Canadian passport or special authorization
• permanent residents of Canada
• persons registered under Canada's Indian Act
• protected persons
• Foreign nationals, including United States (US) citizens, can travel to Canada only if they're eligible.

 

To be eligible to travel to Canada as a foreign national, you must meet the requirements for one of the following:

• an immediate family member of a Canadian citizen, person registered under Canada's Indian Act or permanent resident who is staying in Canada for 15 days or more
• an extended family member of a Canadian citizen, person registered under Canada's Indian Act or permanent resident who is staying in Canada for 15 days or more
• a person who is authorized by the Public Health Agency of Canada to travel to Canada for compassionate reasons

 

From the 18th of March:

• Canada is barring entry to all passengers from March 18 who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents. There are exceptions for aircrew, diplomats, immediate family members of Canadian citizens, and passengers arriving in Canada in transit to a third country.
• It has since been announced that temporary foreign workers, some international students and approved permanent residents who wish to return to Canada are now able to enter Canada
• It is mandatory for all passengers entering Canada to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry.
• Upon arrival in Canada, every passenger will need to confirm that they have a suitable place to isolate or quarantine, where they will have access to necessities, such as food and medication.
• Passengers will be expected to make plans for where they will isolate or quarantine in advance of arriving to Canada. Passengers who do not have an appropriate place in which to isolate or quarantine themselves must go to a place designated by the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. These criteria are newly applied to asymptomatic passengers.

 

Transit passengers:

For passengers in transit to a 3rd country (even if this entails a change of terminal) the following conditions must be met:

1. The traveler must not present any symptoms of COVID-19, as per the mandatory additional questions related to the Health Check;

2. The traveler must be booked and confirmed on an onward flight outside of Canada;

3. The traveler must not leave the airport (the traveler may not overnight at a hotel or drive to the USA border); and

4. The travel must satisfy all other documentary requirements (Electronic Travel Authorization, Transit visa, etc.).

 

ArriveCAN App

Passengers must use ArriveCAN (app) before checking in at the airport or crossing the border to submit their:

• travel and contact information
• quarantine plan
• COVID-19 symptoms self-assessment

You must bring your ArriveCAN receipt (electronic or paper) with you to show the border services officer upon arrival.

 

Testing

• All air passengers five years of age or older will be required to test negative for COVID-19 before travelling from another country to Canada. This implementation date provides all airlines, both foreign and domestic, adequate time to comply with the new requirements.
• Documentation of a negative laboratory test result must be presented to the airline prior to boarding a flight to Canada. The test must be performed using a COVID-19 molecular polymerase chain reaction (or PCR) test and must be taken within 72 hours prior to the passenger's scheduled departure to Canada. In the case of a delay the operator may take the original time of departure into consideration.
• Anyone who receives a negative test result and is authorized to enter Canada must still complete the full, mandatory 14-day quarantine.
• The Government of Canada will be further increasing surveillance efforts to ensure those travelling into Canada complete the applicable mandatory 14-day quarantine period under the Quarantine Act.

 

Arrival Testing and quarantine

In addition to a pre-arrival COVID testing requirement which came into effect on January 7, two new measures will also come into effect on February 22, 2021:

1.All air travellers arriving in Canada will be required to take a PCR test upon arrival. This will be in addition to the current pre-arrival testing requirement.

2.While waiting for their test results, all air travellers will be required to quarantine, at their own costs in a Government of Canada-approved hotel for up to three nights. If the test result come back negative, any connecting passengers travelling on AC intra-Canada may rebook on the next available flight and will be required to self-isolate at home for the remainder of the 14 day quarantine period. However, should the test result come back positive, travellers will be required to self-isolate for the remainder of the 14 day quarantine in a government-approved facility. Rebooking for connecting passengers on flights operated by AC for travel within Canada will be made on the next allowable flight after the quarantine period is over. In all cases, the passenger will contact the OAL/booking source to be rebooked. These passengers will be provided a home testing kit and will be required to take a third test before their quarantine is lifted.

 

Face Masks

• All those arriving in Canada will be required to wear a non-medical mask or face covering to proceed to their final destination where they will isolate or quarantine.
• Maximum penalties of $750,000 or six months imprisonment (or both) have been put in place for failure to comply with this Order.

 

Health Check

At check in you will be asked questions on your health status. If a recent medical certificate is presented, no questions are required to be asked.

Based on the answers provided by a passenger you may be denied a boarding card.

The boarding agent is prohibited from allowing passengers to board the aircraft if:

• The person's answers to the health check indicate that they may have signs or symptoms of COVID-19;
• The air carrier's observations during the health check indicate that the person may have signs or symptoms of COVID-19;
• The person is a competent adult and refuses to answer

In the event of a denied boarding the air carrier is required to refuse to board the passenger for travel for a period of 14 days or until a medical certificate is presented that confirms that the symptoms that the person is exhibiting are not related to the COVID-19 virus.

Passengers denied boarding can contact the Canadian Embassy Consular Services Worldwide for more details: https://travel.gc.ca/assistance/embassies-consulates

 

Links

Local government information:
https://travel.gc.ca/

ArriveCAN website:
Canada.ca/ArriveCAN

Canadian Embassy Consular Services Worldwide:
https://travel.gc.ca/assistance/embassies-consulates

Required documentation

Chinese and non-Chinese passengers whose final destination is China are required to have a negative nucleic acid test report for Covid-19, issued within three days before boarding.

Those with negative tests will get health codes (for Chinese nationals) or health declaration forms with the embassy's stamp on it (for non-Chinese nationals). These will be checked during the boarding process.

For Chinese passengers, only those who can present the health code with an "HS" mark are allowed to board. The green health code is generated by the Chinese Embassay from the mobile phone app WeChat.

For Non-Chinese passengers, only those who can present health declaration forms issued by the embassy and with the embassy stamp are allowed to board. The health declaration form is different to a Chinese Visa. The declaration forms must be dated within 3 days of the departure time.

 

Required documentation

All passengers travelling to Croatia must fill in a travel announcement form online prior to check-in.

 

Restrictions

Entry to the Republic of Croatia is permitted for the citizens of:

• the member states of the European Union
• UK nationals
• countries of the schengen area and the schengen associated states and their family members
• third-country nationals who are long-term residents under council directive 2003/109/ec of 25 november 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents
• persons deriving their right to reside from other eu directives or national law or who hold national long-term visas implementing the instructions and measures of the Croatian institute for public health.

 

Exceptions:

• Healthcare professionals, healthcare researchers and collaborators, experts in care for the elderly, and persons requiring urgent medical treatment
• Cross-border workers
• Goods carriers and other transport personnel to the extent necessary
• Diplomats, police officers in the performance of their activities, civil defence services and teams, international organizations staff and international military personnel in carrying out their functions
• Passengers in transit
• Persons traveling for tourism or other business reasons or who have other economic interest
• Persons traveling for education or other urgent personal reasons

 

Quarantine:
Compulsory self-isolation measures may also be specified for passengers referred to in the exceptions list. Passengers on the exceptions list shall check whether they meet the conditions for crossing the border of republic of Croatia via this website: https://mup.gov.hr/uzg-covid/english/286210

Passengers coming from:
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia will be subject to compulsory 14-day self-isolation measures. Exempt from this are passengers in transit through listed countries before they enter to republic of Croatia.

 

Links

Link to online Travel Announcement form:
https://entercroatia.mup.hr

Check the conditions for crossing the border of republic of Croatia:
https://mup.gov.hr/uzg-covid/english/286210

Local government information:
https://www.koronavirus.hr/latest-news/150

Required documentation

Only Czech citizens and those with permanent or temporary residency may enter the Czech Republic.

A passenger may transit through the Czech Republic en-route to their state of residence, but must fill out the Declaration of Honour on Transit form.

 

New measures have been introduced for passengers travelling by air on all direct flights from any aerodrome in UK and intended to land at any aerodrome in the Czech republic. These measures are available on the web site of the ministry of health www.mzcr.cz and in travel information system Timatic.

 

Links

Download Declaration of Honour on Transit form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Czech_declaration_of_honour_on_transit.pdf

Local government information:
https://www.vlada.cz/en/media-centrum/aktualne/measures-adopted-by-the-czech-government-against-coronavirus-180545/

Ministry of health:
www.mzcr.cz

Restrictions

Danish nationals are always permitted entry into Denmark. Persons residing in Denmark, open countries, and open regions are permitted entry into Denmark.

Open countries include Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea And Thailand.

Open Regions Include Rogaland, More And Romsdal, Nordland, Agder, Vestland, And Troms And Finnmark in Norway.

Persons residing in banned countries or regions will only be allowed to enter if they have a worthy purpose. Due to stricter travel restrictions for persons residing in the UK, special worthy purposes apply. The worthy purposes can be found via the link below. Danish nationals residing in the UK are exempted from the special worthy purposes but are encouraged not to travel to Denmark.

 

Testing:

Flights with passengers, who cannot present a negative covid-19 test result from a test performed within 24 hours prior to boarding the aircraft, are not permitted to land in Denmark.

For passengers transiting in one or more airports, the test shall be performed within 24 hours prior to boarding the first flight leg or in a transit airport.

 

Exemptions

A. Passengers aged 12 years or less.
B. Passengers presenting a positive covid-19 test result from a test performed between 14 days and eight weeks prior to the flight.

 

Domestic flights and flights from the faroe islands and Greenland are exempted from the flight restrictions.

 

Arrival testing and quarantine information

All persons arriving at Danish airports, regardless of nationality, must be tested for COVID-19 before leaving the airport. No matter the result of this test, all persons entering Denmark must isolate for 10 days after entry. Violation of the mandatory testing and isolation rules is punishable by fine. A number of exemptions to the testing and isolation requirements apply. All passengers travelling by air to Denmark, regardless of nationality, must also present a negative COVID19 test taken no more than 24 hours before boarding the plane. For continuous journeys via transfer at one or more airports, the test can be taken up to 24 hours before boarding at the first airport. Flights with passengers, who cannot present a negative COVID-19 test that comply with this rule, are not permitted to land in Denmark. Passengers, who previously have been infected with COVID-19 and therefore are unable to present a negative test result must present a positive COVID-19 test result from a test performed between 14 days and 12 weeks prior to the flight. These passengers are no longer perceived to be contagious. Persons resident outside of Denmark can only enter Denmark with a worthy purpose and a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 24 hours before entry. Stricter entry requirements apply to persons resident in South Africa who must present a special worthy purpose as well as a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 24 hours before entry. Danish nationals residing in South Africa are exempted from the special worthy purpose. Detailed information about entry restrictions, worthy purpose, test requirements, and flight restrictions, including exemptions, can be found on website: https://coronasmitte.dk/en/entryintodenmark.

 

Links

Local government information about restrictions and worthy purpose:
https://coronasmitte.dk/en/entry-into-denmark

Required documentation

Before travelling to France, passengers must complete a sworn statement that they do not show any symptom of covid-19 and that they have no knowledge of having been in contact with a confirmed covid-19 case within 14 days before the flight.

Passengers are also required to fill out the Passenger Locator Form. These will be collected prior to disembarking the aircraft.

 

Restrictions

From Sunday 31 January, travel to and from France from countries outside the EU is banned, except for very limited imperative family or professional reasons. Exempted categories of passengers must have adequate proof, and all those age 11+ must present a negative pre-departure RT-PCR COVID-19 upon boarding.

Passengers from outside the EU arriving into France must also complete a Sworn Statement that they are not presenting symptoms of COVID-19, have not been in contact with any confirmed cases in the last 14 days, and commit to self-isolating for 7 days upon arrival and take a second RT-PCR test at the end of this selfisolation period. This document is available on the French Ministry of the Interior's website in French and English.

 

Declaration:

Guests must complete a sworn statement that they do not show any symptom of covid 19 and that they have no knowledge of having been in contact with a Confirmed covid 19 case within 14 days before the flight check-in to retain signed declaration for 14 days after flight. Check-In / Boarding shall retain statements for a period of 14 days.

 

Testing:

Passengers aged eleven years or older travelling by public air transport to france from a foreign country present, prior to boarding, the result of a biological examination of virological screening carried out less than 72 hours before the flight, which does not conclude to a covid-19 contamination.

 

Exceptions

• Crew members or personnel operating passenger or cargo flights or travelling as passengers to or from their departure base
• Members of a delegation on official mission, or diplomatic mission staff, or international organisation staff with headquarters or offices located in France as well as their spouse and children.
• Passengers aged eleven years old or older travelling to Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte, Wallis an Futuna Islands, French Polynesia, and new Caledonia shall present prior to boarding the result of a biological test or examination of virological screening carried out less than 72hr before the flight which does not conclude to a covid 19 contamination. This requirement does not apply to travel between these destinations. Passengers arriving from Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion may be requested to take a test or examination of virological screening upon their arrival in metropolitan France.

 

Face masks:

Passengers arriving at or departing from French airports are required to wear surgical masks.

 

Quarantine

Passengers traveling to Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-martin and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon will be subject to strict 14 days quarantine upon arrival. Passengers possessing negative COVID-19 test made within 48-72HR before the flight will be allowed to enter after quarantine reduced to 7 days, followed by a new negative test.

 

Corsica

Passengers traveling to Corsica shall present to the air carrier, before boarding, a sworn statement that they do not show any symptom of COVID19 and that they have no knowledge of having been in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case within 14 days before the flight, available on the internet. Failure to provide this document shall result in boarding denial by the air carrier.

Passengers aged eleven years or older travelling to Corsica by public air transport without the result of a negative COVID19 test carried out less than 72 hours before the flight, will be invited to conduct such test or examination upon their arrival. The only biological tests accepted are the ones enabling the detection of the n protein of sars-cov-2.

 

Links

Download Sworn Statement:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/France_Declaration.pdf

Download Passenger Locator Form :
English: https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/France_Passenger_Locator_Form_EN.pdf
French: https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/France_Passenger_Locator_Form_FR.pdf

Local government information:
https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Attestation-de-deplacement-et-de-voyage

Required documentation

Passengers are required to register online at https://einreiseanmeldung.de/#/

In exceptional circumstances where online registration cannot be completed the Passenger Locator Form can be downloaded, completed and collected by cabin crew before landing in Germany.

Proof of successful entry registration or substitute registration form must be kept by passengers at all times and presented on request to the airline or the competent authorities. Passengers who cannot provide this information will be denied boarding.

 

Testing

For passengers who intend to enter Germany and who have stayed at a high incidence area or a risk area with variants of the sars-cov-2 coronavirus within the last 10 days prior to entry, preflight testing is mandatory. The sample collection for the test must not be older than 48 hours before entry. Passengers must provide proof of negative test for sars-cov-2 before departure to the airline. The aircraft operator is only permitetd to carry passengers who have presented proof of negative testing. Proof of a negative test for sars-cov-2 is subject to checks by the federal police / competent authority at border control at destination airport in Germany. This regulation applies to all direct or indirect travel to Germany, including transit and transfer passengers. PCR and LAMP tests available at Dublin Airport are accepted as are antigen tests. Antigen tests must meet the WHO standard, which means =80% sensitivity und =97% specificity.

Exemptions:

• Children younger than six years.
• Passengers, who have only passed through a high incidence area and have not had a stopover there or who enter the Federal Republic of Germany only for transit purposes and leave the federal republic of Germany again by the quickest route.
• Crews entering Germany and who have stayed in a risk area but not in a high incidence area or an area of virus variants of concern are exempted from entry registration and mandatory sars-cov-2 testing provided that compliance with appropriate safety and hygiene concepts is guaranteed.
• Crews entering Germany and who have stayed in a high-incidence area are exempted from entry registration and mandatory sars-cov-2 testing provided they are staying in the country for less than 72 hours and that compliance with appropriate safety and hygiene concepts is guaranteed.

Note: Crews entering Germany and who have stayed in an area of virus variants of concern are not exempted from mandatory entry registration and pre-flight sars-cov-2 testing.

 

Restrictions

As of Saturday 30 January 2021, no passengers may travel from Ireland to Germany, with the exception of those transiting through a German airport, German citizens, those already legally resident in Germany or those travelling for urgent humanitarian or medical reasons. Passengers who fall into these categories should be able to present documentary proof to the air carrier and the German authorities. Due to a new obligation on airlines to provide three days notice of flights, changes to flights may be expected at short notice.

These restrictions apply to passengers travelling from any country that the German authorities designate as a "Virus Variation Area". Please see this link for a full list of relevant countries: https://einreiseanmeldung.de/#/

Passengers are not allowed to transit through Germany if arriving from a non-Schengen Member State to another Schengen Member State.

• This does not apply to nationals of EEA Member States and Switzerland.
• This does not apply to British nationals.
• This does not apply to family members of nationals of EEA Member States and Switzerland.
• This does not apply to family members of British nationals.
• This does not apply to residents of EEA Member States and Switzerland.

 

The temporary travel restriction applies to all nonessential travel from third countries to the Federal Republic of Germany. This does not include flight restrictions. Exempted from these travel restrictions are travellers who have resided and last stayed in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Uruguay.

Extended entry possibilities will be given to travellers from all third countries that have an important reason for travel.

Important reasons for travel from third countries include:

• German nationals
• EU citizens and third country nationals with current right of residence in Germany
• Healthcare workers, health researchers and geriatric care workers
• Skilled and highly qualified foreign workers if their employment is necessary from an economic perspective and the work cannot be postponed or performed abroad
• Freight transport and other transport personnel
• Seasonal workers in agriculture
• Seafarers
• Foreign students whose course of study is not fully possible from abroad
• Persons immigrating into Germany for the purpose of joining their families and visits for urgent family reasons or short term visits of core family members (husband/wife, minor children, parents of minor children) or unmarried partners in a relationship with German nationals
• EU citizens and third country nationals with current right of residence in Germany or joint short term visits of couples (third country national and German national/EU citizen) residing together in a third country for important reasons
• Persons in need of international protection or for other humanitarian reasons
• Diplomats, staff of international organisations, military personnel and humanitarian aid workers in the exercise of their functions
• Ethnic German resettlers
• Passengers in transit

 

 

Passengers are subject to quarantine for 14 days.

 

All incoming passengers arriving from outside the Federal Republic of Germany may be subjected to a Covid-19 test at the airport.

 

Face masks are mandatory in all terminal buildings.

 

UK & South Africa Restriction

All passengers out of UK or South Africa with a destination in Germany are prohibited to be transported to the Federal Republic.

 

Links

Online Passenger Locator Form:
https://einreiseanmeldung.de/#/

Download Passenger Locator Form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Germany-Passenger-Locator-Form.pdf

Entry regulation (German)
https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/guv-19-lp/coronaeinreisev.html

Risk area definition:
https://www.rki.de/covid-19-risikogebiete

Passenger Information:
https://www.rki.de/covid-19-risikogebiete

Substitute registration form:
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Transport/Ersatzmitteilung_Covid_Tab.html

More information available on the German Federal Transport Police website
https://www.bundespolizei.de/Web/DE/04Aktuelles/01Meldungen/2020/03/200317_faq.html

Local government information:
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/einreiseundaufenthalt/coronavirus

Required documentation

It is compulsory for all passengers travelling to Greece to fill in the electronic passenger locator form online 24 hours before check in, providing points of contact in Greece.

Fines may be applied to non-complying passengers.

Families are obliged to one joint e-PLF submission thus will possess only one QR code.

 

Note: Prior to boarding passengers must display the confirmation receipt for the passenger locator form submission and the response mail with a passenger locator form QR code or you will be denied boarding.

 

Restrictions

All non-EU citizens are prohibited from entry.

Exceptions to that are:

• Citizens from Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and United Arab Emirates
• Family members of EU citizens
• Citizens of Schengen member states and their family members
• Passengers travelling for essential reasons, including health issues, business purposes, imperative family reasons, persons in need of international protection
• Healthcare professionals and health researchers designated to support the Hellenic national healthcare system
• Third-country citizens who are long-term residents or long term visa holders of an EU or Schengen member state. personnel and humanitarian aid workers in the exercise of their duties, students, highly specialized personnel, essential to the function of the state
• Third country government members, diplomats, staff of international organisations, military personnel and humanitarian aid workers in the exercise of their duties, students, highly specialized personnel, essential to the function of the state
• Passengers in transit
• Aircraft flight crew
• Non EU or non-Schengen citizens travelling for imperative family or business reasons provided that the relevant authorization has been obtained by the Hellenic consulate

 

Testing

Departure:

All individuals entering the country are obliged to display a negative molecular test (pcr) for covid-19, performed by taking an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal smear, conducted up to 72 hours before arrival in Greece.

The tests must originate from reference laboratories of the country of origin or transit, public or private laboratories of that country, provided that these private laboratories have been certified by the competent national certification authority of the country.

Passengers must have a certificate of the above diagnosis, in English, which includes the name and the passport or identity number of the person and which they display to the officers of the general secretariat for civil protection and of the national public health organization who are in charge of performing medical examinations.

Passengers will be prohibited to board the aircraft in the absence of this certificate.

 

Arrival:

Visitors will be subject to random tests upon arrival. Upon being tested, the visitor is free to move to their final destination. If the test is positive, 14 day quarantine under supervision is required at the final destination.

In order to prove their place of residence, third-country nationals may present their residence permit, work permit, identity card (provided that it states place of residence), driving license or other documents.

Exempted from the restriction are:

• EU member states nationals and the schengen agreement, including their spouses or persons with whom they have a cohabitation agreement, as well as their minor children.
• Passengers travelling for essential reasons, including health issues, business purposes, imperative family reasons, persons in need of international protection.
• Medical and nursing staff, researchers and health professionals, if they demonstrate at the points of entry in the country, the exercise license profession or other appropriate evidence of their professional status and provided that their entry into the country relates to the exercise of their professional duties.
• Long-term residents of EU member states or Schengen agreement

Quarantine:

1. All passengers arriving from the united kingdom are required to remain in isolation under quarantine for precautionary reasons for seven (7) days upon arrival at their place of residence, as declared in the submitted passenger locator form (plf), except if their stay in greece is less and thus the restriction applies for that period. In addition to the negative molecular test (pcr) for covid-19 conducted up to 72 hours before arrival, a respective negative molecular test (pcr) is required at the end of the seven (7) day quarantine period to release the restriction.

2.Passengers arriving from other countries are required to remain in isolation under quarantine from precautionary reasons for seven (7) days upon arrival at their place of residence, as declared in the submitted passenger locator form (plf), except if their stay in greece is less and thus the restriction applies for that period. Individuals violating the measure hereof and without prejudice to the criminal penalties provided, shall be imposed for each violation, by a reasoned act of the competent authority within the meaning of point (a) of par.1 of article 23 of 14.3.2020 legislative content act, administrative fine of five thousand (5.000) euros. Flight crew members are exempted.

 

Links

Link to electronic passenger locator form online:
https://travel.gov.gr/#/

Local government information:
https://eody.gov.gr/en/

Restrictions

Arrival entry at Hungarian airports is only allowed for:

• Hungarian citizens and citizens with a permanent residence permit in Hungary and their family members.
• Citizens with any residence permit issued by the Hungarian immigration authority with a longer validity than 90 days
• Citizens of Czechia, Poland and Slovakia provided that they have at least one night booked accommodation in Hungary booked before 1st of September and they have one negative sars-COV2 PCR test result within 5 days before entry.
• Passengers in transit are allowed to enter in case of negative health screening at entry, if they are able to certify the purpose and destination of their travel and their entry into a neighbouring country of Hungary on their way to their final destination is ensured.
• Everybody entering Hungary may be subject to the health screening and quarantined. Hungarian citizens arriving from Czechia, Poland and Slovakia having accommodation there before 1st of September may be exempted from quarantine provided they undergo one sars-COV2 PCR test after arrival.
• Passengers arriving for cultural or sport events in Hungary are allowed to enter with a personal invitation letter issued by the official organizer of the event provided that they have two negative sars-cov2 pcr test results within 5 days with at least 48 hours passing between the two examinations.
• Passengers doing business or economic activities in Hungary where this can be proved at entry. Passengers arriving for business or economic activities are exempted from health screening and quarantine.

Special quarantine measures apply for passengers for cultural or sport events. any other individual exemption requires prior permission.

All passengers entering Hungary may be subject to the health screening and quarantined.

Links

Local government information:
https://www.kormany.hu/en

Please see our Entry Requirements for Ireland page for all details.

 

Required documentation / Declaration

Passengers are required to complete up to 3 documents in advance of travel to Italy.

1. On departure to Italy

Passengers must complete a self declaration for entry into Italy from abroad. This declaration should be presented to check in or boarding staff at the airport on departure.

2. On arrival in Italy

Passengers must complete the formal statement stating the purpose of entry into Italy.

3. Passengers travelling to Calabria, Puglia, Sardinia or residents returning to Campania

Additionally, passengers travelling to Calabria, Puglia, Sardinia or residents returning to Campania must also complete the Regional forms listed below in the 'Links' section.

 

Restrictions

From Dec 10th until Dec 21st:

A: San Marino and Vatican City: no limitations.

B: States and territories with low epidemiological risk that will be identified, among those listed in list C, by order of the Minister of Health in agreement with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: entry from these countries, without stays or transits in different countries in the previous 14 days, is allowed without the need for motivation, therefore also for tourism, and without the obligation of isolation upon return

C: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Réunion, Mayotte and excluding other territories located outside the European continent), Germany , Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (excluding territories located outside the European continent), Poland, Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira), Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including territories on the African continent), Sweden, Hungary, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (including the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and British bases on the island of Cyprus and excluding territories located outside the European continent for which the Kingdom is responsible for international relations), Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Principality of Monaco. Those who enter Italy from these countries (after having stayed there or even just passed through in the 14 days prior to entering Italy) must communicate their entry into the Italian territory to the Prevention Department of the local Health Authority of reference. He must also present a certificate of having undergone, in the 48 hours prior to entry into the national territory, a swab (molecular or antigenic test) with a negative result (those who do not present it upon arrival in Italy will have to undergo fiduciary isolation).

D: Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Rwanda, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Uruguay: entry (without stays or transits in countries included in lists C or E, in which case the specific restrictions for these countries apply ) is allowed without the need for motivation, therefore also for tourism. Those entering from these countries will, however, have to undergo fiduciary isolation and health surveillance for 14 days, and reach their final destination in Italy only by private vehicle or connecting flight (without leaving the airport transit areas).

E: All States not indicated in the other lists: entry from these countries (without stays or transits in countries included in lists C or E, in which case the specific limitations for these countries apply) is allowed to Italian / EU / Schengen and their family members, as well as holders of long-term resident status and their family members (Directive 2004/38 / EC). Entry is also allowed to people who have a proven and stable emotional relationship (even if not cohabiting) with Italian / EU / Schengen / long-term residents, who must reach the home / domicile / residence of the partner (in Italy).

For those who do not fall into the categories just mentioned, entry from the countries of group E is allowed only in the presence of precise reasons, such as: work or study needs, health reasons, absolute urgency, return to their home, home or residence. You can reach your final destination in Italy only by private vehicle or by plane connection (without leaving the airport transit areas). It is also necessary to undergo fiduciary isolation and health surveillance for 14 days.

There are exceptions to the obligation of isolation, listed at the bottom.

From Dec 21st until Jan 6th 2021:

A: no changes compared to December 10th.

B: no changes compared to December 10th.

C: no changes to the list of countries compared to 10 December, but those who stay or transit between 21 December 2020 and 6 January 2021 for reasons not of necessity (work needs, absolute urgency, health needs, study needs, return at their domicile, home or residence) must then, upon entering Italy, undergo fiduciary isolation and health surveillance. The reason for returning home does not apply to those who have left Italy to go to one of the countries listed in list C for reasons not of necessity (eg. Tourism or family visits).

D: no changes compared to December 10th.

E: no changes compared to December 10th.

Exceptions:

Provided that no symptoms of Covid-19 arise and that there have been no stays or transits (for reasons not of necessity) in one or more countries listed in list C between 21 December 2020 and 6 January 2021, the obligation of fiduciary isolation and health surveillance does not apply:

• the crew of the means of transport;
• to the traveling staff;
• at the entrances for work reasons regulated by special safety protocols, approved by the competent health authority;
• at entrances for non-deferrable reasons, including participation in international sporting events, subject to specific authorization from the Ministry of Health and with the obligation to present to the carrier and anyone appointed to carry out the checks of the attestation that they have submitted, within 48 hours prior to entry into the national territory, to a negative swab.
• to anyone (regardless of nationality) who enters Italy for a period not exceeding 120 hours for proven work, health or absolute urgency needs, with the obligation, at the expiry of said term, to immediately leave the national territory or, failing that, to initiate the period of surveillance and fiduciary isolation;
• to anyone (regardless of nationality) who transits, by private vehicle, in the Italian territory for a period not exceeding 36 hours, with the obligation, at the expiry of this term, to immediately leave the national territory or, failing that, to start the period of surveillance and fiduciary isolation;
• citizens and residents of the states and territories referred to in lists A, B, C and D who enter Italy for proven work reasons.
• health personnel entering Italy for the exercise of professional health qualifications, including the temporary exercise referred to in art. 13 of the decree-law of 17 March 2020, n. 18;
• to cross-border workers entering and leaving the national territory for proven work reasons and for the consequent return to their residence, home or residence;
• to the personnel of companies and entities having their registered office or secondary office in Italy for travel abroad for proven work needs lasting no more than 120 hours;
• officials and agents, however named, of the European Union or of international organizations, diplomatic agents, administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions, consular officers and employees, military personnel and police forces, in exercise of their functions;
• to pupils and students for attending a course of study in a State other than that of residence, home or stay, to which they return every day or at least once a week.
• at entrances through "Covid-tested"e; flights, in accordance with the order of the Minister of Health of 23 November 2020 and subsequent amendments and additions.

 

Cabin Baggage Restriction
On flights to and from Italy there is a limit of 50 pieces of cabin baggage on each aircraft. Our boarding staff will ensure no more than 50 pieces of cabin baggage in total can be taken onboard the aircraft.

 

Surgical Facemasks
Surgical face masks are mandatory in the airport and on board any flights to, from and within Italy.

 

Links

Self Declaration for entry into Italy from abroad:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Italy-on-departure-SELF-DECLARATION-FOR-ENTRY-INTO-ITALY-FROM-ABROAD.pdf
Formal statement stating the purpose of entry into Italy:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/IT-FORMAL-STATEMENT-TO-THE-PURPOSE-OF-ENTRY-IN-ITALY.pdf

Download Health Declaration Form: (select the region you are travelling to)
Sardinia: https://sus.regione.sardegna.it/sus/covid19/regimbarco/init
Calabria: https://www.rcovid19.it/prenotazione-rientri/
Puglia: https://www.sanita.puglia.it/autosegnalazione-coronavirus
Residents returning to Campania: http://www.regione.campania.it/assets/documents/ordinanza-n-68-12-08-2020.pdf

Local government information to check the entry conditions:
https://infocovid.viaggiaresicuri.it/
https://www.enac.gov.it/
https://www.esteri.it/mae/en

Required documentation

Passengers travelling to the Netherlands will be issued with a leaflet upon boarding their flight.

All passengers over the age of 13 must also fill out a Health Screening Form upon check in.

Based on the answers provided on the Health Screening Form passengers may be denied a boarding card.

Passengers must carry the completed Health Screening Form with them as they may be asked to show the declaration if required by the appropriate authorities. This is obligatory for all arriving and departing passengers.

Passengers must reserve their holiday accommodation before they travel to the Netherlands and may be stopped at the border if they don't have a valid reservation.

 

Quarantine

Travellers arriving in the Netherlands from Ireland and other regions should self-quarantine for 10 days. Even if you do not have any symptoms or if you have tested negative for COVID-19. Once in the Netherlands, you can self-quarantine at home or in temporary or holiday accommodation. For a full list of countries see: https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/tackling-new-coronavirus-in-the-netherlands/travel-and-holidays/self-quarantine.

Restrictions

All non-Schengen nationals and non-eu nationals are prohibited to enter the Netherlands by order of the ministry of justice and security.

Exemptions on entry ban:

• Residents from Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand,
• Medical personnel in the interest of public health and patients (only necessary)
• Cross-border commuters (excluding students and pupils)
• Individuals who work in the goods transport sector, and other essential transport personnel, including crew members on container ships, bulk carriers (e.g. ore and coal), tankers (fuel and Chemicals) and fishing vessels. It also includes individuals who work in the energy sector, including oil and gas platforms and offshore wind farms, offshore companies that provide services to this sector
• Diplomats in the exercise of their work
• Staff of international organisations and people invited by international organisations whose physical presence is required for the well-functioning of these organisations
• Military personnel and civil protection personnel in the exercise of their functions
• Humanitarian aid workers in the exercise of their work
• EU or schengen residents. Additionally non-dutch residents have to prove that The Netherlands is not their final destination.
• Passengers travelling for imperative family reasons (first- or second degree) such as attending a funeral or visiting a terminally ill family member
• Seafarers who possess a seamen record book if they are travelling in the exercise of their work or whose physical presence is required for work. The exemption does not apply to seafarers on commercial yachts and pleasure craft
• Persons in need of international protection or for other humanitarian reasons
• Persons on board of a state flight
• Elite athletes and their support staff
• Professional journalists
• Researchers
• Air crew (crew members or personnel operating passenger or cargo flights or travelling as passengers to or from their departure base).

For more information, please refer to:
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/exemptions-to-the-entry-ban

 

Testing - Negative test results for all arriving passengers

All travellers on flights to the Netherlands from a high-risk country within the EU or Schengen area and to which the flight ban does not apply and/or who are exempted from the EU-entry ban, are by order of the ministry of health, welfare and sport required to meet the following conditions:

1. A valid negative naat-test (either mpoct, naat, pcr, rt pcr, lamp or tma), no older than 72 hours before expected arrival in the Netherlands,

2. A negative antigen rapid test, no older than 4 hours before boarding the aircraft heading to the Netherlands. A negative naat-test that is taken 12 hours before boarding, will also serve as a substitute for the negative naat-test requirement (taken 72 hours before arrival in the Netherlands) and the rapid antigentest (taken 4 hours before boarding the aircraft),

3. A health declaration for all passengers aged 13 years or older travelling to and from the Netherlands.

Before boarding, airlines shall verify if passengers meet these conditions. If passengers fail to meet these conditions, they shall be refused on the flight and boarding the aircraft.

Exemptions

The following categories of travellers are exempted from being in possession of: 1) a valid negative naat-test, no older than 72 hours before expected arrival in the Netherlands, 2) a negative antigen rapid test, no older than 4 hours before boarding the aircraft heading to the Netherlands. Notice: a negative naat-test that is taken 12 hours before boarding, will also serve as a substitute for the negative naat-test requirement (taken 72 hours before arrival in the Netherlands) and the rapid antigen-test (taken 4 hours before boarding the aircraft).

• Passengers under the age of 13 years,
• Persons who are travelling on behalf of the minister or state secretary of justice and security. This applies in particular to flights where kmar personnel are accompany a person to or from the Netherlands.
• Travelers with a statement from the ministry of health, welfare and sport in the context of urgent medical transport.
• Travellers who have been tested positive for covid-19 previously, who no longer have covid-19-associated symptoms, are no longer contagious, who continue to test positive for a longer period of time and therefore cannot show a negative covid-19 test result.The following applies to these travellers:
  A. Travellers who have been infected with covid-19 and are therefore unable to submit a negative naat test result may still travel if they can show the following documents: revision date: 4 march 2021 page 7/9
  
  i. Positive naat-test result from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 8 weeks old;
  ii. Positive naat-test result of maximum 72 hours old upon arrival in the Netherlands;
  iii. Negative rapid test result of maximum 4 hours old before boarding.
  
  B. In case of a permanently positive rapid test result, travelling to the Netherlands is allowed if they can show the following document:
  
  i. Positive naat-test result from a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 8 weeks old;
  ii. Positive naattest result test result of maximum 72 hours old upon arrival in the Netherlands;
  iii. Signed doctor's statement of a maximum of 72 hours before boarding, that shows that this traveler is no longer covid-19 contagious.
• Cross-border commuters (including students and school children),
• (incoming) staff of diplomatic and consular representations or international organizations in the Netherlands - including the members of their official household - and as such (to be) registered with the ministry of foreign affairs,
• Holders of non-Dutch diplomatic passports, viii. Holders of dutch diplomatic passports, if they are travelling in the exercise of their work or whose physical presence is required for work,
• Heads of state and members of foreign governments,
• Passengers on a direct flight from a non-risk country (who have resided there 10 days previous to the trip) to the netherlands,
• Passengers on flights from a non-risk country (who have resided there 10 days previous to the trip)which do have a Dutch airport as their destination, who are transferring in a high-risk country and who do not leave the airport during transfer are exempted. A. Passengers who do leave the airport during transfer, are not exempt from both the naat-test as well as the rapid antigen test. The rapid antigen test should at least be taken at the point of departure airport.
• Passengers on flights which do not have a Dutch airport as their destination, but are diverted to a Dutch airport due to unforeseen circumstances,
• Passengers with a nato travel order or a nato-2 visum, xiv. Aircrew (crew members or personnel operating passenger or cargo flights or travelling as passengers to or from their departure base), who do not leave the aircaft position (except for safety inspections) during turnaround and continue flying (back) immediately afterwards,
• Individuals who work on oil and gas platforms, offshore wind farms and offshore companies that provide services to the energy sector. This only includes passengers who are flying directly to the Netherlands from an (offshore) platform/wind farm. The following categories of travellers are only exempted from being in possession of a valid negative naat-test (either mpoct, naat, pcr, rt pcr, lamp or tma), no older than 72 hours before expected arrival in the Netherlands, and therefore are required to show a negative antigen rapid test, no older than 4 hours before boarding the aircraft heading to the Netherlands. Revision date: 4 march 2021 page 8/9 notice: a negative naat-test that is taken 12 hours before boarding, will also serve as a substitute for the rapid antigen-test (taken 4 hours before boarding the aircraft).
  i. Aircrew (crew members or personnel operating passenger or cargo flights or travelling as passengers to or from their departure base) if they do indeed leave the aircraft (except for safety inspections near the aircraft),
  ii. Seafarers (including cruise ship and ferry crew members), that possess a seamen record book if they are travelling in the exercise of their work or whose physical presence is required for work. The exemption does not apply to seafarers on commercial yachts and pleasure craft.
  iii. Individuals who work in the goods transport sector, and other essential transport personnel, including lorry drivers and crew members on container ships, bulk carriers (e.g. ore and coal), tankers (fuel and chemicals), fishing vessels and individuals who work in the energy sector if they are travelling in the performance of their duties or if they travel to or from their work. Notice: if it is not possible for aircrew to meet the rapid testing requirement, they are eligible to submit a request for dispensation and an alternative testing regime. For more information, please refer to: https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/negative-test-result-and-declaration.

 

Single LAMP test instead of a PCR test and rapid test

If you show proof of a negative result from a LAMP (loop-mediate isothermal amplification) test, you do not need to provide proof of a negative result from a normal PCR test and rapid antigen test. A LAMP test is a PCR test that gives a result within 4 hours. The following conditions apply:

• You must take the LAMP test no more than 4 hours before boarding
• The result must be known before you board

 

Links

Download Leaflet:
http://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Netherlands_Leaflet.pdf

Download Health Screening Form:
http://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Netherlands_Passenger_Locator_Form.pdf

Local government information:
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/tackling-new-coronavirus-in-the-netherlands/travel-and-holidays/visiting-the-netherlands

Travellers from the UK and South Africa:
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/news/2020/12/22/negative-test-declaration-now-mandatory-for-travellers-from-the-uk-and-south-africa

Negative COVID-19 test results and declaration:
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/negative-test-result-and-declaration

Required documentation

All passengers travelling to Portugal will be issued with a leaflet upon boarding their flight.

Passengers must also fill out a Passenger Location Card which will be submitted to the Airports Health Authority.

 

Testing

All passengers who are travelling from non-EU and non-Schengen agreement countries and passengers from countries on the ECDC high risk list, shall hold a negative covid-19 rt-pcr test, done within 72 hours before departure, without which will not be permitted to board.

Exemptions:

• Transit passengers who do not have to abandon airport facilities.
• National citizens and foreign citizens and their family members with legal residence in national territory and diplomatic personnel placed in Portugal, on flights exclusively for essential travel, repatriation flights of national citizens or holders of a Portuguese residence permit, humanitarian or repatriation flights of foreign citizens promoted by the competent authorities of their home states and subject to previous request and agreement, with respect to reciprocity principles, that exceptionally do not hold a negative Covid-19 rt-pcr test, will be immediately forwarded to the competent authorities to carry out the test at their own expenses.

 

Azores

1.in accordance with Azores regional government decision, all passengers boarding at the airports of the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira bound for any of the other islands in the archipelago shall hold a negative sars-cov-2 virus rt-PCR test, done within 72 hours before departure.

2.exeptions:

• Passengers with age equal or less than 12 years.
• Health professionals on duty for transferring or evacuating patients and who have updated periodic screening under professional scope, in accordance with the technical standard of the regional health in force at the time.
• Passengers with a disease duly confirmed by medical declaration attesting anatomical and or clinical incompatibility for carrying out the sars-cov-2 diagnostic test, through the collection of biological material through the nasopharynx, in which case passengers must previously submit before their travel, with at least two working days in advance, the aforementioned declaration to the regional health authority for validation, subject to serological test on arrival at the destination island.
• Passengers who submit a clinical discharge declaration from surveillance and isolation measures issued by the public health service regarding sars-cov-2, which is valid for 90 days.
• Passengers who submit a declaration from a funeral home based on the island of destination, proving the death of a relative in the last 72 hours, being obliged to undergo screening for sars-cov-2, by Methodology, upon arrival at the island of destination, as well as prophylactic isolation, until the negative result, is communicated within a maximum period of 24 hours.
• Passengers departing from the two islands mentioned above, who, due to delay or flight cancellation, on boarding or stopover, exceed the 72 hours of validity of the test performed at origin, are obliged to undergo screening for sars-cov-2, by the methodology of rt-pcr, on arrival at the destination island, as well as prophylactic isolation, until the negative result is communicated, within a maximum period of 24 hours.
• Passengers departing on one of the remaining seven islands and who, in transit to the island of final destination, land at the airports of the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira, provided they do not enter the airport land side.
• Passengers departing on one of the remaining seven islands and who, in transit to the island of final destination, land at the airports of the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira, circulating in the airport land side, are obliged to undergo screening for sars-cov-2, by rt-pcr methodology, upon arrival at the destination island, as well as prophylactic isolation, until the negative result is communicated within a maximum period of 24 hours.
• Passengers departing from Portugal mainland and who, in transit to the final destination island, land at the airports of the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira, circulating in the airport land side, are obliged to undergo screening for sars-cov-2, by rt-pcr
• Airline crews that do not transit to the airport land side, as well as those traveling in service, departing in Sao Miguel or Terceira, and return to them without leaving the aircraft.
• Passengers traveling from any of the other seven islands to Sao Miguel or Terceira, returning within 48 hours, are, at that moment, obliged to undergo screening for sars-cov-2, using the rt-pcr methodology, as well as prophylactic isolation, until the negative result is communicated, within a maximum period of 24 hours.

3. all passengers shall comply with mask use, social distancing and respiratory etiquette rules set by local health authority.

4. passengers boarding at airports on the islands of Sao Miguel and Terceira, to another island of the archipelago, are recommended to complete the app mysafeazores.com with the questionnaire of risk assessment and early detection of sars-cov-2.

5. additional information available at https://covid19.azores.gov.pt/

 

Madeira

Due to the covid-19 pandemic and by decision of madeira regional government, all passengers and crew disembarking madeira region airports shall:

1. provide at their arrival a negative covid-19 pcr test done within 72hr prior flight schedule, or

2. be subject to a sars-cov-2 pcr test under local health authority supervision, or

3. be subject to mandatory confinement up to 14 days, or

4. return to origin or to any other destination outside the territory of the autonomous region of madeira, complying, until departure, isolation at home or place in which you are hosted.

5. children up to eleven years and residents at madeira or Porto Santo in inter-island flights may be exempted from the situations stated at 1), 2), 3) and 4).

6. passengers holding a medical document certifying that recovered from covid-19 disease at the time of landing in the territory of the autonomous region of madeira, issued in the last 90 days, or document certifying that the holder has been vaccinated against covid-19, according to recommended plan and respected theperiod of activation of the immune system provided in the summary product characteristics (smpc), are exempted from the situations stated at 1), 2), 3) and 4).

7. if a traveller refuses to voluntarily comply with established rules, local health authorities may determine mandatory confinement, up to fourteen days, in a designated hotel at passenger expenses.

8. if departed from the United Kingdom, and do not have a screening Test for sars-cov-2, with negative result, shall be subject to a Sars-cov-2 pcr test, and remain in mandatory confinement at a hotel determined by Madeira regional government while waiting for the test result.

9. in the autonomous region of madeira, the use of a disease protection mask is mandatory.

10. it is recommended to complete the epidemiological inquiry, available on-line, at madeira traveller registration health authority¿s website, within 12 to 48 hours prior to departure to madeira or Porto Santo.

 

Links

Download Leaflet:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Portugal_Leaflet.pdf

Download Passenger Location Card:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Portugal_Passenger_Locator_Form_port_and_eng.pdf

Local government information:
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/node/421189%20

Travel to the Azores:
https://covid19.azores.gov.pt/

Required documentation

At least 48 hours before travelling to Spain all passengers must complete a Health Control Form (FCS) online at https://www.spth.gob.es/ or on the SpTH mobile application. Once that is completed you will receive a QR Code which is required for entry to and for the duration of your stay in Spain. If you do not provide all of the information required you will referred for a more exhaustive analysis on arrival.

Passengers must provide a completed Passenger Locator Form to the Spanish authorities on arrival in Spain. Passengers are also required to provide a Covid Health Declaration prior to check-in. Please complete the Covid-19 Declaration Form and present it at the boarding gate if you are not checking-in online.

Please see https://www.spth.gob.es/faq?tab=0 for more information on the Spain Travel Health programme and requirements. There will be hard copy forms available on board if you are unable to complete it online or via the app, or you can download the form from the links below and complete and bring it with you on your flight.

 

Restrictions

Please check local information before you travel for any updates on entry restrictions, see https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/practical-information-tourists-covid-19-travel-spain/

In accordance with ministry of home affairs order int/657/2020, third country nationals shall be denied entry into Spain for reasons of public order and public health, unless belong to one of the following categories:

a) regular residents in the European union, Schengen associated states, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican (the holy see) or san Marino, on their way to such country, with documentary proof.

b) holders of a long-term visa issued by a member state or Schengen associated state, on their way to such country.

c) Healthcare professionals, including health researchers, and elderly care professionals going to or returning from exercising their working activity.

d) Transport personnel, sailors and the necessary aeronautical personnel to carry out air transport activities.

e) Diplomatic, consular, international organization, military, civil protection and humanitarian organization personnel in the exercise of their duties.

f) Students pursuing their studies in the member states or Schengen associated states, holding the appropriate permit or visa and medical insurance, provided that they travel to the country in which they are studying and that the entry takes place during the academic year or within the 15 days prior to it.

g) Highly qualified workers whose labour is necessary and cannot be postponed or carried out remotely, including participants in high-level sports competitions taking place in Spain. These circumstances must be justified by supporting documentation.

h) People traveling for duly accredited imperative family reasons.

i) people who provide documentary evidence of force majeure reasons or in-need situation, or whose entry is permitted for humanitarian reasons.

j) legal residents in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, China And Special Administrative Regions Of Hong Kong And Macao , Provided that they come directly from them, have transited exclusively through other listed countries or have only carried out international airport transit in countries not listed. For residents in China and special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, reciprocity remains to be verified. Even if belonging to one of the previous categories, any third-country national not meeting the covid-19 health control requirements established by the Spanish ministry of health,shall be denied entry into Spain for reasons of public health.

Testing:
Until the 14th of March passengers travelling from Ireland to Spain require evidence of a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of travel.

Face Masks:
Passengers arriving at or departing from Spanish airports are required to wear surgical masks or masks with a higher protection level throughout their passage through the airport and on board the aircraft.

Baggage:
It is recommended that guests check-in their hand baggage at check-in.

UK restrictions
There are currently no flights permitted to land in Spain from the UK except flights repatriating Spanish citizens.

 

Links

Link to Passenger Locator Card online:
https://www.spth.gob.es/

or (until 31 July)

Download Passenger Locator Form (English):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Nuevo-FCS-ingles-avion-V7.pdf

Download Passenger Locator Form (Spanish):
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Nuevo-FCS-espanol-avion-V12.pdf

Download Covid-19 Declaration Form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Spain_Covid-19_Declaration_Form.pdf

Local information:
https://www.spain.info/en/discover-spain/practical-information-tourists-covid-19-travel-spain/

ECDC (European Centre for Disease Control) Traffic Light System Map:
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/situation-updates/weekly-maps-coordinated-restriction-free-movement

Restrictions

Travel to Switzerland is restricted to the following passengers:

• Nationals of EEA member states and Switzerland
• Passengers arriving from Schengen member states
• Passengers arriving directly from Andorra, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Republic of Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, New Zealand, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and Vatican City (Holy See)
• Family members of nationals of EEA member states. They must present proof of their relationship
• Family members of British nationals. They must present proof of their relationship
• Residents of Liechtenstein and Switzerland
• Residents of Schengen member states returning directly via Switzerland to their country of residence
• Passengers with D visa issued by Switzerland
• Passengers with Schengen C visa issued by Switzerland after 16 March 2020
• Passengers who represent a justified individual case of hardship, in case of persons exempted from visa requirements, Swiss representations abroad may certify existence of justified individual case of hardship
• All crew and support staff required to carry out cargo and passenger flights

Testing

All arrival passengers must have a medical certificate with a negative coronavirus (covid-19) PCR test result which is not older than 72 hours before arrival. Passengers entering Switzerland from a country, considered a state or territory, with an increased risk of infection with sars-cov-2, have to go into quarantine despite a negative coronavirus (covid-19) PCR test result.

Passengers must provide the contact details, either electronically via the platform provided by the federal office of public health (foph) for the collection of contact data for travelers (swissplf.admin.ch) or on the contact cards provided by the foph in paper form.

Quarantine

Restrictions as prescribed by Swiss federal council, travellers who have stayed in one of following countries at any time within 10 days before entering Switzerland obliged to go directly to their apartment or other suitable accommodation immediately aft entry. They must stay there permanently for 10 days aft entry :
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxemburg, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and United States of America.

The following persons are exempt from the obligation to quarantine

• Persons who, on a professional basis, transport persons or goods across borders by road, rail, sea or air
• Persons who, in the course of their professional activity in rail, bus, ship or air transport companies, transport persons across borders and who have stayed for this purpose in the country or area with an increased risk of infection
• Persons who, as transit passengers, have stayed for less than 24 hours in a state or territory with an increased risk of infection

 

Links

Local government information:
https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html

Required documentation

All passengers travelling to Turkey shall be issued with a Passenger Locator Form upon boarding their flight. Upon arrival in Turkey the forms must then be dropped in the provided boxes in the arrivals hall.

 

Restrictions

• All passengers must wear a face mask in the airport and on board
• All passengers arriving need to fill out the passenger locator form
• All passengers with symptoms will be examined and tested on arrival
• Passengers with a positive test result will be inadmissible and will be deported

 

Baggage Restriction
On flights to and from Turkey the use of overhead bins on the aircraft is not permitted. Only baggage of a size that can be positioned under the seat shall be permitted in the cabin. To comply with this regulation, all hand baggage that will not fit under the seat in front shall be checked into the hold free of charge.

 

 

Testing
All pax that are 6 years old and older will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 test result done within the last 72-hours prior to their entrance to Turkey. Pax that do not show negative COVID-19 test result will not be accepted to flight. This requirement is applicable also for transit and transfer passengers.

 

Links

Download Passenger Locator Form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/Turkey_Passenger_Locator_Form.pdf

Local government information:
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/default.en.mfa

Required documentation

All passengers travelling to the UK will be issued with a leaflet before boarding their flight.

 

Restrictions

Passengers arriving into the UK, excluding those arriving from Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands who were there for the previous 14 days or more, are required to complete an online UK Passenger Locator Form before entering the UK.

Passengers entering the UK will also need to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival into the UK unless they are arriving from Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or another exempt country and they were there for the previous 14 days or more. See the full list of exempt countries here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors

Please visit https://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control for more details on the Passenger Locator Form and UK public health requirements.

There are exemptions from the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form and to self-isolate for passengers travelling for certain jobs, please see here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules

 

From 4am on Monday 18 January 2021, you must have proof of a negative coronavirus (COVID-19) test to travel to England. (Ireland is exempt, however it applies to passengers transiting through Ireland.)

You must take a test even if:

• you are a UK citizen
• you are coming from a country on the travel corridors list

You must take the test in the 3 days before you start your journey to England. If you don't present proof of a negative test result certificate, you may not be able to board any form of transport to travel to England. If you arrive in England without proof of a negative test result, you could be fined £500. You must make sure that the test provider can meet the standards for pre-departure testing.

The test must:

• meet performance standards of =97% specificity, =80% sensitivity at viral loads above 100,000 copies/ml
• this could include tests such as:
  • a nucleic acid test, including a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test or derivative technologies, including loopmediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) tests
  • an antigen test, such as a test from a lateral flow device

It is your responsibility to ensure the test meets the minimum standards for sensitivity, specificity and viral load details so you must check with your test provider that it meets those standards or you may not be able to travel if the test does not meet these standards. It is your responsibility to ensure you get the right test that meets the above requirements.

If you have been somewhere that is not on the travel corridors list in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you will need to self-isolate, regardless of your pre-departure test result.

 

New from the 15th February 2021

Those arriving from all countries other than red list/travel ban regions

Everyone allowed to enter England from outside the Common Travel Area must quarantine for 10 days and take a coronavirus (COVID-19) test on day 2 and day 8 of quarantining.
More informationion available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-quarantine-when-you-arrive-in-england
(Note: Ireland is in the common travel area and is not on a red or banned list for the UK)

Everyone must:

• take a coronavirus (COVID-19) test and get a negative result during the 3 days before you travel
• book and pay for a travel test package, which will include COVID-19 tests to be taken on or before day 2 and on or after day 8 of your quarantine
• complete a passenger locator form with details of where you will home quarantine when you arrive and the travel test package booking reference number. You must do this within the 48 hours before you arrive.

Providing false or deliberately misleading information when filling out your passenger locator form is an offence punishable by imprisonment. You could be fined up to £10,000, imprisoned for up to 10 years or both if you do not provide accurate details about the countries you have visited in the 10 days before you arrived in the UK.

If you break the quarantine rules you may face a penalty of up to £10,000.

***If you're travelling from somewhere in the Common Travel Area and you have not left the Common Travel Area for the past 10 days, you do not need a test before leaving or to home quarantine and take tests after arriving.

 

Those arriving from red list/travel ban countries and subject to managed quarantine

More informationion available here:(https://www.gov.uk/guidance/booking-and-staying-in-a-quarantine-hotel-when-you-arrive-in-england)

Before you travel you must:

• take a coronavirus (COVID-19) test and get a negative result during the 3 days before you travel. You must take the test in the 3 days before the service on which you will arrive in England departs. For example, if you travel directly to England on Friday, you must take the test on the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
• book a managed quarantine hotel where you will quarantine. Your quarantine package will include your managed quarantine hotel, quarantine transport and your travel test package for COVID-19 tests on day 2 and day 8 of quarantine
• complete a passenger locator form with details of where you will quarantine when you arrive. You must provide a quarantine package booking reference number to complete your passenger locator form

 

Links

Download leaflet:
http://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/UKPoster.pdf

Passenger Locator Form:
https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk

Local government information:
http://www.gov.uk/uk-border-control
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-air-travel-guidance-for-passengers

Restrictions

US Travel Restrictions

Airlines are not permitted to allow non US citizens to board a flight to the United States if the person has been present in a location listed in the list 'Attachment 1' (below) within the preceding 14 days of the date of the entry or attempted entry into the United States.

Persons who transit/transfer through a location are considered to have been present in that location.

This restriction does not apply to:

• United States citizens holding a United States Passport;
• Lawful permanent residents of the United States holding a Permanent Resident Card or Letter of Parole;
• Crewmembers;
• Any noncitizen seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to the specifications in 'Attachment 2'. If the foreign air carrier is unable to determine whether the person is permitted to board a flight based on the noncitizen status in Attachment 2, the foreign air carrier must use the standard process for verifying the admissibility with CBP of a passenger regarding status for entry into the United States.

 

Attachment 1

• China (excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau)
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Schengen Area, comprising the 26 European states that have officially removed border control at their mutual borders: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland
• United Kingdom (excluding overseas territories outside of Europe)
• Republic of Ireland
• Federative Republic of Brazil
• Republic of South Africa

 

Attachment 2 (list of exemptions)

A. The prohibition for boarding individuals who have been present in a country listed in Attachment 1, unless otherwise specified, within the preceding 14 days does not apply to the following:

• Any noncitizen who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. Example of documentation: Passport or other information identifying individual as related to minor child with a U.S. passport; IR-visa package.
• Any noncitizen who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of twenty-one. Example of documentation: Passport or other information identifying individual as related to minor child with a U.S. passport; IR-visa package.
• Any noncitizen who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that both are unmarried and under the age of twenty-one. Example of documentation: Passport or other information identifying individual as related to minor child with a U.S. passport; IR-visa package.
• Any noncitizen who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee who is seeking to enter the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications. Example of documentation: Passport or other information identifying individual as related to minor child with a U.S. passport; IR-visa package.
• Any noncitizen traveling at the invitation of the United States Government for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus. Example of documentation: Letter of invitation on letterhead from the CDC.
• Any noncitizen traveling as a non-immigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D non-immigrant visa as a crewmember or any noncitizen otherwise traveling to the United States as air or sea crew. Example of documentation: Visa documentation contained in passport.
• Any noncitizen
  

  a. Seeking entry into or transiting the United States pursuant to one of the following visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3 (as a foreign government official or immediate family member of an official), immediate family members), G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1 through NATO-4, or NATO-6 (or seeking to enter as a nonimmigrant in one of those NATO categories).

  b. Whose travel falls within the scope of section 11 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement. Example of documentation: Visa documentation contained in passport.

• Any noncitizen travelling from the Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macau) or the Islamic Republic of Iran whose entry would not pose a significant risk of introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his designee. Example of documentation: Written documentation from CDC.
• Any noncitizen whose entry would further important United States law enforcement objectives, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees based on a recommendation of the Attorney General or his designee. Example of documentation: Designated point of contact to verify basis of travel.
• Any noncitizen whose entry would be in the national interest, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their designees. Example of documentation: Standard process for verifying the admissibility of a passengers regarding status for entry into the United States.

B.The prohibition for boarding individuals who have been present in one of the countries listed in Attachment 1, except for excluding the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau), during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States does not apply to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed Forces

 

Testing

The CDC issued an Order effective January 26, 2021 which requires all air passengers arriving to the US from a foreign country to get tested for COVID-19 infection no more than 3 days before their flight departs and to provide proof of the negative result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 to the airline before boarding the flight.

Some key points:

1. Negative pre-departure COVID-19 test during the 3 calendar days preceding the flight's departure from a foreign country OR

2. Written or electronic documentation of a positive viral test result that confirms the passenger had a previous COVID-19 infection and a letter from a licensed health care provider or public health official stating the passenger is cleared to travel (so-called "Documentation of Recovery")

3. Test is a nucleic acid amplification test or a viral antigen test

4. Airlines must confirm that each passenger 2 years or older has documentation of a negative test or a Documentation of Recovery

5. Airline must verify that every passenger – 2 years of age or older – has attested to receiving a negative test or has recovered from COVID-19 and is cleared to travel. Link to attestation form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/US-Attestation-Form-25-01-2021.pdf

6. Airlines must retain a copy of each passenger attestation for 2 years and have spare copies available at the gate.

7. Parent or other authorized individual should attest on behalf of passengers age 2 to 17 or who is unable to attest on their own behalf

8. Passengers must retain a copy of their negative test or Documentation of Recovery and present it for inspection at arrival upon request of USG

9. Exemptions:

• Crew members as long as they follow industry protocols
• Airlines transporting passengers with COVID-19 pursuant to CDC authorization
• Federal law enforcement personnel on official duty
• Airlines granted specific waivers from the application of this Order based on CDCs determination that a foreign country lacks available COVID-testing capabilities. Waivers are granted based on specific request made by an airline or aircraft operator to the CDC and will be limited to 14 days unless renewed by CDC

 

Quarantine

The US Centre for Disease Control have also recommended staying home for 14 days from the time of arrival after international travel. The CDC also state if you have travelled from a country or U.S. territory with a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 Travel Health Notice take the actions listed below AND do the following after travel:

• Get tested 3-5 days after travel AND stay home for 7 days after travel.
• Even if you test negative, stay home for the full 7 days.
• If your test is positive, isolate yourself to protect others from getting infected.
• If you don't get tested, it's safest to stay home for 10 days after travel.
• Avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether you get tested or not.
• Always follow state and local recommendations or requirements related to travel.

 

Masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an Order on January 29, 2021 requiring the wearing of masks by travelers to prevent spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Conveyance operators must also require all persons onboard to wear masks when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel. Operators of transportation hubs must require all persons to wear a mask when entering or on the premises of a transportation hub.

Exempt are:

• A child under 2 years
• A person with a disability who cannot wear a mask, or cannot safely wear a mask, because of the disability or as defined by the Americans with disabilities Act (42 U.S.C12101 et seq.)
• A person who for wearing the mask would create a risk to workplace health, safety, or job duty as determined by the relevant workplace safety guidelines.

Link to the full order: https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf/Mask-Order-CDC_GMTF_01-29-21-p.pdf

 

Boston Restrictions

Passenger Forms:

Passengers are required to complete the online form before they fly. The online form is available at:
https://www.mass.gov/forms/massachusetts-travel-form
By completing this form, you consent to receive text messages from the Commonwealth.

Quarantine:

Governor Charlie Baker announced that effective August 1st, all travellers entering the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including both out of state residents and Massachusetts residents returning home, will be required to comply with a new travel order. The order relates to quarantine and covid-19 testing. All individuals arriving in Massachusetts by any means or mode, including Massachusetts residents who have left the state for anything more than transitory travel, are covered by the Massachusetts travel rule. Accordingly, even travellers not required to complete the form should act in compliance with the rule.

The rule requires that you MUST quarantine for 14 days unless you:

• are coming from a lower-risk state or
• can produce, on request, proof of negative test result for COVID-19 from a test administered on a sample taken no longer than 72 hours before your arrival in Massachusetts, or
• meet the exemption criteria.

You may obtain a test at your own expense after your arrival in Massachusetts but you MUST quarantine until you obtain a negative result. Individuals who fail to quarantine are subject to a $500 fine per day. Detailed information about the quarantine requirement and a list of exceptions can be found here:
www.mass.gov/MATraveler or by texting 'MATraveler' to 888-777.

 

New York Restrictions

There is a mandatory 10-day quarantine for asymptomatic individuals. For any traveller to New York State from a non-contiguous state, US territory or CDC level 2 and higher country, the new guidelines for travellers to test-out of the mandatory 10-day quarantine are below.

For travellers who were out-of-state for more than 24 hours:

• Travelers must obtain a test within three days of departure, prior to arrival in New York.
• The traveller must, upon arrival in New York, quarantine for three days.
• On day 4 of their quarantine, the traveller must obtain another COVID test. If both tests come back negative, the traveller may exit quarantine early upon receipt of the second negative diagnostic test.
• Visitors must fill out a Health Department traveller form. Those who don¿t comply with the coronavirus rules for traveller's face a possible fine of up to $10,000. The form is collected on arrival in the US.

Link to form: https://forms.ny.gov/s3/Welcome-to-New-York-State-Traveler-Health-Form/

 

Links

Local government information:
https://www.cbp.gov/

Passenger Disclosure and Attestation Form:
https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/US-Attestation-Form-25-01-2021.pdf

CDC Requirement for persons to wear masks:
https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf/Mask-Order-CDC_GMTF_01-29-21-p.pdf

Massachusetts Travel Form:
https://www.mass.gov/forms/massachusetts-travel-form

New York State Traveler Health Form:
https://forms.ny.gov/s3/Welcome-to-New-York-State-Traveler-Health-Form/

Irish DFA advice on travel to the USA:
https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/united-states-of-america/

US CDC advice on international travel:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/after-travel-precautions.html

Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test for all arriving in the US:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html