Nayef

Here you go for timatic and covid info:

https://www.united.com/en/us/timatic?i=TIMATIC&POS=US

https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php

Italy doesn't have entry rules anymore.

Malta requires full vaccination (14-270 days) or a negative PCR 72 hours prior or a negative antigen 24 hours prior or a positive covid test (14-180 days).

Finland requires (until June 30th) full vaccination with two doses (7-270 days) or a booster or a covid recovery certificate + one dose (not required for those arriving from other EU/Schengen/EEA countries, or for residents of Bahrain, Chile, Taiwan, Colombia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Kuwait, Macao, New Zealand, Peru, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uruguay if arriving directly from those countries directly.)

You can find out more on this travel map:

https://www.finnair.com/en/travel-requirements-map

Finnair and Air Malta don't require masks, but it depends on the destination. Italy still requires masks to fly there up until June 15th.

VCURamFan

No testing/vax required for entry into Italy. No masks required on flights as of 6/15, although I took several to/from/within Italy and there was 0 mask enforcement in late May/early June. Most flight attendants were maskless.

Nayef

Found this on Finnair's travel requirement map.

VegasGambler

Thanks! I didn't realize that these were publicly (freely) available. Whenever I searched I always ended up on a site trying to sell services. (teach a man to fish...)


Where did you get the "two doses" requirement? The map link you sent me just says "fully vaccinated", but I can't find a definition for that. I have one dose of Janssen, 3 weeks ago. Most countries consider that to be "fully vaccinated" but I know that some don't.

Also, I'll just be transiting HEL on June 29. I'll be staying 4 nights on my way back, but that's in mid-July and the requirements will be gone by then. Will I have to meet those requirements to transit HEL on the way to FCO on June 29? I haven't flown through Helsinki (or anywhere else in Europe) since 2019 so I don't know which entry requirements they would apply in this case... it seems like once I've entered Europe, there is nothing preventing me from just leaving the airport rather than staying and taking my HEL-FCO flight... or have they changed that?

Nayef

From the IATA link:


And as long as you have proof of vaccination you'll be fine since you're entering Schengen via Helsinki. If you had flown ORD-FCO-HEL, for example, you wouldn't need to show proof of vaccination because Finland will you consider you to have "arrived" from Italy.

VegasGambler

I read the part you screenshotted. But it just uses the term "fully vaccinated" without defining it, and different countries define it differently.

My question is, does Finland consider one dose of Janssen (2 weeks or more prior) to be "fully vaccinated"? My understanding is that most countries do but some don't (I think someone mentioned that the Netherlands doesn't)

I actually did have covid back in December/January so I could theoretically get a recovery certificate if Finland doesn't consider me to be fully vaccinated (so I will have a recovery cert + 1 dose). But I actually don't know how to get that; I'd rather not go through the hassle if Finland considers me to be fully vaccinated.

Nayef

Seems like they consider one dose of JJ as fully vaccinated. Though if you get a booster that probably covers you further for Finland.

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-dis...o-the-country-

gojko88

That's actually incorrect. Your eligibility to enter the destination country is verified by check-in agents at your point of departure. You need to fulfil the requirements (as per TIMATIC) for the final destination on your ticket regardless of where you're entering Schengen, or you'll be denied boarding. If you're flying XXX-YYY-ZZZ on a single ticket, and the entry requirements for ZZZ are stricter than for YYY, the fact that you're entering Schengen at YYY doesn't exempt you from complying with the entry regulations for ZZZ.

The point is largely moot nowadays because virtually all Schengen countries have removed entry restrictions, but it's important to know in case the situation re-escalates in the autumn.

the810

Booster is not necessary if you got your second dose in last 270 days (that was mentioned in the first answer). But if you were vaccinated in early 2021, you do need a booster.

It varies by country. For example, Sweden explicitly stated that they only take where you directly arrived from into account, even if it was just a transit country.

VegasGambler

I literally got vaccinated 3 weeks ago, and my trip is in 2 and a half weeks. I think it's too early for a booster?

The requirements literally go away one day after my connection in HEL so as long as I'm good for this one connection I'm fine.

VegasGambler

I never got a 2nd dose. I got a single dose of Janssen (J&J) 3 weeks ago, which is a single-dose vaccine. There is no 2nd dose and it's far too early for a booster.

Nayef

Didn't realize it was that recent!

RobOnLI

Did I just get a bad agent at ZRH or did I misread the rules?

Flew US-ZRH-FRA-Middle East so my Schengen entry was via ZRH. UA couldn't print my onward boarding passes so I had to go to the transfer desk upon arrival at ZRH. I gave her my itinerary and asked her for BPs. Besides the fact that she said, "You're supposed to do this in Terminal A but I'll make an exception for you" she then insisted I had to show her my vaccination record to enter Switzerland because I'm an American. I didn't think nationality mattered at all (unless maybe if you're from China)? I told her there are no requirements any longer to enter CH but she insisted and wouldn't print my BPs until I showed her my vaccine card. I always travel with it so I'm glad I had it because all of the other countries I'm entering on this trip have zero requirements.

Was she wrong or am I wrong?

-RM

gojko88

Sweden yes, but not the airline check-in agents. It was a strange outlier in any case.

adrianlondon

According to this https://travelcheck.admin.ch/check she was wrong.

I entered "Entering Switzerland including transit", "other", "USA".