Feb 24, 2022, 6:01 am
Last edit by: flyingfkb
All internal restrictions removed:
European airlines not requiring masks on board:
- 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.
- 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.
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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Jul 11, 2022, 2:39 am
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Jul 11, 2022, 2:43 am
#422
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I'm in Finland right now. The only people wearing masks on the Finnair flight were a few Japanese people. No FAs or staff were wearing masks. No masks required in the airport, though a few people were wearing them (5% or less).
I saw a couple of lost-looking American tourists wearing masks outside; other than that I haven't seen anyone wearing a mask anywhere in the city (Helsinki), indoors or out, and that includes staff at the hotel and at restaurants. I haven't taken public transit. I took a cab from the airport and there was a plexiglass divider but my driver was not wearing a mask.
I saw a couple of lost-looking American tourists wearing masks outside; other than that I haven't seen anyone wearing a mask anywhere in the city (Helsinki), indoors or out, and that includes staff at the hotel and at restaurants. I haven't taken public transit. I took a cab from the airport and there was a plexiglass divider but my driver was not wearing a mask.
If someone feels they need to wear, they do. The other 99,5% just gets on with their lives. In the capital area of 2m+ people we have 35-50 people hospitalised and ca 5 in ICU.
Jul 11, 2022, 10:57 am
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I’ve just visited Denmark and Sweden, and am currently in Iceland.
Aside from a very few of the obviously elderly, there is virtually no masking around these parts, no covid anything whatsoever aside from some hand sanitizer stations here and there.
Aside from a very few of the obviously elderly, there is virtually no masking around these parts, no covid anything whatsoever aside from some hand sanitizer stations here and there.
Jul 11, 2022, 11:39 am
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No, you still need proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter France. It will be checked by the train staff, and the French immigration officers will assume it is done before you get to them, so they don't care.
Jul 11, 2022, 11:42 am
#425
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I’ve just visited Denmark and Sweden, and am currently in Iceland.
Aside from a very few of the obviously elderly, there is virtually no masking around these parts, no covid anything whatsoever aside from some hand sanitizer stations here and there.
Aside from a very few of the obviously elderly, there is virtually no masking around these parts, no covid anything whatsoever aside from some hand sanitizer stations here and there.
Jul 11, 2022, 10:38 pm
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I generally don't wear a mask, but I did wear one on the train from Nice to Lyon last week. The guy in the seat in front of me was hacking up a lung, and it's a 4.5 hour trip. Luckily I was vaccinated with Novavax, which is currently the only vaccine that's proven highly effective against all variants. Didn't get sick!
Jul 19, 2022, 5:08 am
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I have only just seen this, but Slovakia removed entry restrictions on the 13th July according to IATA. That only leaves Russia and Ukraine in Eastern Europe with entry restrictions.
Jul 19, 2022, 7:51 am
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Agree - Just flew to adn from FRA on AA. Generally, few masks anywhere in airport (other than security guards walking around) and I only saw one or two people masked on the plane.
Jul 20, 2022, 5:09 am
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https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/e...fore%20arrival.
Malta removes all requirements starting from 25th of July.
Malta removes all requirements starting from 25th of July.
Jul 20, 2022, 5:49 pm
#430
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Malta removes all requirements starting from 25th of July.
Malta removes all requirements starting from 25th of July.
As I posted earlier, requirements were ignored since at least the beginning of July.
Jul 20, 2022, 6:18 pm
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Planning for a potential LIS->BCN flight.
Will the flight and/or authorities still ask for covid documentation?
Will the flight and/or authorities still ask for covid documentation?
Jul 20, 2022, 6:23 pm
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Jul 21, 2022, 2:59 am
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Is there a country by country list of current Covid masking requirements in Europe — masking required on flights, masking required indoors, masking required on public transport, etc.?
If not, anyone know the current rules in the U.K., Finland, France, Hungary, and/or Czech Republic?
Looking at different flight options, but I don't want to mess up and book flights requiring masks. Thanks.
If not, anyone know the current rules in the U.K., Finland, France, Hungary, and/or Czech Republic?
Looking at different flight options, but I don't want to mess up and book flights requiring masks. Thanks.
Jul 21, 2022, 5:53 am
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Arrivals from a Schengen country do not need any Covid documentation or health locator form or QR code. Confirmed Athens - Barcelona a couple of days ago.
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Jul 21, 2022, 8:46 am
#435
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Thanks for the feedback dudes 