zkzkz

Thank you for this post. It was much more helpful and full of real details that I wasn't aware of than I had actually hoped to get from posting on such a contentious thread. It will absolutely be helpful in selecting flights.
...?! I guess ARG:4 UNDEFINED is my username from now on

SonTech

Does that include flights to/from Scotland as mask are still required up here until at least April.

Welcome On Board

From what I can see the mask requirements have been removed from the following (so far).

Short Haul

ARN
BHD
BLL
BRU
BUD
CPH
GIB
GOT
KEF
MAN
NCL
OSL

Long Haul

ANU
KWI
MLE
NBO

I’ll try and update as and when 👍🏼

KARFA

No. I assume Ejetter was careful to write England and NI only for a reason.

PUCCI GALORE

I thought as much. I am at a loss to know quite how they can control matters once the aircraft has left United States air space. I suspect that homeward bound this will be honoured in the breach rather than the observance.

VSLover

while that would be ideal it really just isnt scalable to have one person show up to the office each morning and scan every country BA fly to to see what changed overnight hence putting the responsibility on the passenger which is no different than pretty much every other entry requirement we face depending on our passport and country we fly to.

as we can see in these threads all it takes is for BA to say one day country X doesn't require masks but it actually does...and we have another thread about someone being inconvenienced because the website said something different or wrong.

all the differing rules have been a messy patchwork thru the entire pandemic so this latest debacle really is just another straw on the camels proverbial back.

Beltway2A

The TSA memo is what you want: https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/fi...546-21-01D.pdf

No US entity can force a non-US carrier to do anything once they leave US airspace. But they don't have to grant them a certificate to operate flights to/from the US either. If you want to be able to fly to planes to/from the US, you have to abide by TSA's security directives (none of which, by the way, have anything to do with masks on connections outside the US or non-US flights).

guv1976

They can control it the same way they control it for aircraft within U.S. airspace: If they receive evidence from a complainant of non-compliance by a carrier, I would expect that the offending carrier could be fined -- or maybe even barred for flying to or from the U.S.

If a carrier permitted passengers on flights from the U.S. to a foreign country to smoke once the flight was no longer in U.S. airspace, I imagine that a passenger complaint about that would be dealt with in a similar manner.

paulaf

Thanks but it's a disappointingly short list

AirbusA350

It will grow, it's a positive start IMO. After all the doom and gloom in media including excerpts from Ryanair's MOL and other "experts" stating "masks will be with us for a very long time like the liquid restrictions in hand luggage", albeit botched up in classic BA fashion, at least less than 72 hours from announcement (which in itself was quite a surprise as most guessed BA wouldn't drop it till the US do), I think there are a lot of positives to take from this. For everyone, people may continue to choose to wear them, people may not. Some may also vow never to fly BA again, again that's a positive for someone else that may want that seat on a busy flight or someone looking for reward inventory to be freed up! I genuinely believe we're getting there, yes there will be ups and downs, but we are definitely moving on from an intensive pandemic stage. Exactly a month from now, that list could become a lot longer, once US drops their mandate.
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sbrower

It isn't a matter of control. But if there is a credible report that an airline is not following a mandated legal requirement (even if it is a requirement that YOU (I don't mean PUCCI, I mean any person) don't agree with, then there might be a $xx,xxx fine per plane or even a request to suspend US landing rights. What value do you think BA puts on 30 days of US landing rights?

nk15

Wow, they came out of the woodworks for this one, and had to go back to the trains...comedy gold from BA....I am glad that BA came back to their senses though...

skipness1E

We're not "anti maskers" per se, stop name calling. We just want a return to normality, we don't see masks as much beyond theatre, and if not now, when? Covid is here to stay now, we all have to live with it and understand that forcing everyone to wear a facemask for the rest of their days is neither sensible nor reasonable.
The huge deluge of frightening media has had a lingering effect that will take months and years to undo.
BA are removing the mask mandate and by mid April the US will likely have done so too. So most flying will be heading back to the "old normal", something I was genuinely worried may not happen. How you deal with that, is something you should think about.

BRITINJAPAN4

Unless you have some medical condition that prevents wearing a mask, could I ask why on earth you would suffer this simply to avoid protecting yourself and others from
possible spreading of a virus ?

CrazyLilBlondie

I don't see why not. I literally monitor over 50 territories covid rules and restrictions as part of my job. In one week there is probably only 5 or 6 major changes. You dont check for information, you have a system where the information comes to you.