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Old Feb 24, 2022, 6:01 am
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All internal restrictions removed:
  • Belgium - No border restrictions (per IATA, no restrictions; per Belgian government, "This does not apply to travelers coming from a country with a new variant of concern.").
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - No border restrictions.
  • Bulgaria - No border restrictions.
  • Denmark - No border restrictions.
  • Croatia - No border restrictions.
  • Czech Republic - No border restrictions.
  • England - No border restrictions.
  • Estonia - No border restrictions.
  • Finland - No border restrictions.
  • France - Some border restrictions remain for non-vaccinated pax coming from some non-EU countries. Masks required on some public transport (Nice).
  • Germany - No border restrictions.
  • Greece - No border restrictions. ​
  • Hungary - No border restrictions.
  • Iceland - No border restrictions.
  • Ireland - No border restrictions.
  • Kosovo - No border restrictions.
  • Latvia - No border restrictions.
  • Malta - No border restrictions.
  • Moldova - No border restrictions.
  • Netherlands - Some border restrictions remain for non-EU arrivals.
  • Norway - No border restrictions.
  • North Macedonia - No border restrictions.
  • Poland - No border restrictions.
  • Portugal, Madeira and Porto Santo - no border restrictions (excludes Azores)
  • Romania - No border restrictions.
  • Scotland - No border restrictions.
  • Serbia - No border restrictions.
  • Slovakia - No border restrictions.
  • Slovenia - No border restrictions.
  • Sweden - No border restrictions.
  • Switzerland - No border restrictions.
  • Turkey - No border restrictions.
  • Wales - No border restrictions.
Internal restrictions generally removed, but masks still needed in some situations:
  • Austria - No border restrictions. Masks required in Vienna.
  • Cyprus (excluding TRNC) - No border restrictions. Masks needed on public transport.
  • Italy - No border restrictions. Face mask rules extended to 30 September on public transport and indoor settings.
  • Lithuania - No border restrictions but masks required on public transport.
​​​Note that the list excludes any restrictions that may exist in health care and social care, as these are generally irrelevant for tourists.

European airlines not requiring masks on board:
  • Network-wide: Norwegian, Czech Airlines, Smartwings, Flyr, Widerøe, BRA, TAP, Brussels Airlines
  • On some routes:
    • airBaltic - Recommended on all flights, but only required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
    • Air France - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
    • Air Serbia
    • Austrian - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
    • British Airways - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate - list available on BA's website
    • Croatia Airlines - Required to/from Germany
    • EasyJet - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate.
    • Finnair - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. Currently only TO Spain. List here: https://www.finnair.com/fi-en/flight...lights-2364672
    • Icelandair - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate: Paris, Germany and Canada
    • KLM - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate, list not available.
    • LOT - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate extending to foreign planes. List not available.
    • SAS - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate extending to foreign planes: Flights to/from Italy and China.
    • Swiss - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate - list available on Swiss website.
    • Wizz Air - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate, list not available.
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 9:28 am
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Originally Posted by gojko88
Sweden yes, but not the airline check-in agents. It was a strange outlier in any case.
It was eventually added to Timatic, I think.
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 9:28 am
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Originally Posted by 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.
In case of J&J, one dose is sufficient. Since you got it less than 270 days ago, you're covered.
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 11:13 am
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On Timatic for Germany as the destination there's only covid restrictions if coming from China. IATA still hasn't updated it yet but other than China there's no restriction on entry or a requirement for testing or vaccination.
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 12:10 pm
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Regarding Germany, I no longer see the plan to mandate boosters for transit travel starting October. So it looks like the scrapped the whole plan, for now, with the exception of China. Restrictions could but may not resume in the fall. Correct?
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Old Jun 11, 2022, 12:52 pm
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Regarding Germany, I no longer see the plan to mandate boosters for transit travel starting October. So it looks like the scrapped the whole plan, for now, with the exception of China. Restrictions could but may not resume in the fall. Correct?
I don't think you can predict anything that far ahead. For the moment it looks to be free of any restrictions. The China thing looks to be down to reciprocity. See here for the latest official information:

https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/f...irus-faqs.html
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Old Jun 13, 2022, 11:08 am
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For France, I'm a bit confused on what is considered fully vaccinated when they say "within 270 days of second shot and booster".
The difference of time between my second pfizer shot and my booster is more than 270 days, and it has also been more than 270 days since I got my booster. Am I still considered fully vaccinated?
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Old Jun 13, 2022, 11:21 am
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As long as you have had an mRNA booster, you are fully vaccinated for France. At this time, the booster doesn't expire. The wording is confusing.
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Old Jun 15, 2022, 8:10 am
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What’s the deal with Netherlands? They remain one of the more notable countries that’s still a bit strict relative to its neighbors. Are there talks about them loosening up soon?
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Old Jun 15, 2022, 9:38 am
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What’s the deal with Netherlands? They remain one of the more notable countries that’s still a bit strict relative to its neighbors. Are there talks about them loosening up soon?
Huh? There are absolutely zero restrictions in the Netherlands at this moment, the sole exception being it still upholds the EU entry ban for non-vaccinated pax. No distancing, no masks (except some medical facilities), no closures, no QR codes, no tests, all events are on like normal, etc. All gone.
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Old Jun 15, 2022, 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by CyBeR
Huh? There are absolutely zero restrictions in the Netherlands at this moment, the sole exception being it still upholds the EU entry ban for non-vaccinated pax. No distancing, no masks (except some medical facilities), no closures, no QR codes, no tests, all events are on like normal, etc. All gone.
any chance they’ll either take down the non-vaccinated ban soon? Or at the very least switch to France or Spain’s rule where testing is also adequate?
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Old Jun 16, 2022, 3:59 am
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Originally Posted by CyBeR
Seems unlikely and frankly I don't think this would be generally supported by the population. If you are unvaxed (unless not by choice) you should not be travelling. This is as true for covid as it is for yellow fever or any other disease that travellers have been getting vaccinated for for decades.
Most of Europe already dropped the requirement. Some of those countries that keep it only do so because EC recommends it (and they don't want to create a loophole), but that recommendation is no longer logical as most member states ignore it. Hopefully it will be definitely removed soon and I don't think it's unlikely at all. Indeed many member states that do require vaccination on arrival from outside the EU don't require it when arriving from the EU (even if you're a third country citizen) so you can actually enter them, you just need to enter the EU somewhere else first.
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Old Jun 16, 2022, 4:45 am
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Italy extends the mask requirement until the end of September for public transport.

Everything else has been lifted from today.
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Old Jun 16, 2022, 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by InspektorVI
Italy extends the mask requirement until the end of December for public transport.
But, very importantly, excluding airplanes. So as of today there should be no enforcement of masks on flights to/from Italy unless required on the other end.

Also, the rules are valid until end of September, not December.
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Old Jun 17, 2022, 5:48 am
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Estonia abolished entry requirements according to SchengenVisaInfo but I can't find the source yet.
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Old Jun 17, 2022, 6:13 am
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Originally Posted by InspektorVI
Estonia abolished entry requirements according to SchengenVisaInfo but I can't find the source yet.
IATA has already updated their web site.

Here is how Europe is looking now. Arguably Germany should also be grey as their restrictions only apply to China.

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