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Jakarta Airport Question -- Please help
My son is in Surabaya and got COVID several weeks ago even though he was fully vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine. We had to rebook his flight to return to the US until he recovered. The US recognizes that if you have had COVID that you might test positive for up to 3 months and they will allow you to return if you have a clear to fly letter from a health care professional that you have recovered and are no longer infectious. Indonesia doesn't recognize such a thing. To fly from Surabaya to Jakarta regardless of it being the initial leg of an international flight, requires a negative PCR test because that's the rule for domestic travel.
He can get a driver to drive him 10 hours to Jakarta to start his flight home and he'll also have a negative antigen test, but before he does we want to know whether the airport will have a checkpoint to check all passengers for a negative PCR test? Has anyone departed Jakarta recently and know if there's a checkpoint for all passengers to see documentation of a negative PCR test or does he just need to satisfy the airline requirements for the destination? Thank you for anything you can share! |
Originally Posted by skochtx
(Post 33431492)
My son is in Surabaya and got COVID several weeks ago even though he was fully vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine. We had to rebook his flight to return to the US until he recovered. The US recognizes that if you have had COVID that you might test positive for up to 3 months and they will allow you to return if you have a clear to fly letter from a health care professional that you have recovered and are no longer infectious. Indonesia doesn't recognize such a thing. To fly from Surabaya to Jakarta regardless of it being the initial leg of an international flight, requires a negative PCR test because that's the rule for domestic travel.
He can get a driver to drive him 10 hours to Jakarta to start his flight home and he'll also have a negative antigen test, but before he does we want to know whether the airport will have a checkpoint to check all passengers for a negative PCR test? Has anyone departed Jakarta recently and know if there's a checkpoint for all passengers to see documentation of a negative PCR test or does he just need to satisfy the airline requirements for the destination? Thank you for anything you can share! |
Hi,
I can personally confirm that in the CGK international terminal there is no check of COVID related documents other than the one performed by the airline at check in to satisfy the requirements of the airline / destination. |
Thank you so much for your confirmation of this. He took a chance and went to Jakarta and was able to fly out. He met the requirements for travel over land and entry to US (negative antigen test), but had a positive PCR test 16 days after the start of his COVID symptoms, so who knows how long he would test positive after recovery. I appreciate the replies and wanted to let you know that it all worked out.
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Originally Posted by skochtx
(Post 33437337)
Thank you so much for your confirmation of this. He took a chance and went to Jakarta and was able to fly out. He met the requirements for travel over land and entry to US (negative antigen test), but had a positive PCR test 16 days after the start of his COVID symptoms, so who knows how long he would test positive after recovery. I appreciate the replies and wanted to let you know that it all worked out.
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