Experiences of AY flights during COVID-19
Nov 27, 2021, 8:53 am
#1893
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Finland
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Nov 27, 2021, 8:59 am
#1894
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
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Though after landing at 11pm no health auntie was interested to check our docs at all, everyone was waved through.
Nov 27, 2021, 10:28 am
#1895
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
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This probably only means LH flights, I would assume, and not AY. OTOH, aren't everyone banning flights from South Africa right now, so there should be no LH flights from ZA to DE?
Nov 27, 2021, 10:46 am
#1896
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Finland
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Posts: 373
Reuters reporting 10% positive COVID rate at AMS on pax arriving ZA.
Nov 27, 2021, 11:22 am
#1897
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Location: HEL
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Reuters reporting 10% positive COVID rate at AMS on pax arriving ZA.
Krista and Sanna should send us all to CPT for a weekend, that would bring Omikron to Finland en masse and drive out Delta – end of covid story.
Nov 27, 2021, 12:44 pm
#1898
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Programs: Finnair Plus Gold
Posts: 56
Fortunately, none have symptoms. Even YLE finally reported that Omikron spreads rapidly but people go symptom-free or have very light symptoms, so the virus is developing just as it's expected to.
Krista and Sanna should send us all to CPT for a weekend, that would bring Omikron to Finland en masse and drive out Delta – end of covid story.
Krista and Sanna should send us all to CPT for a weekend, that would bring Omikron to Finland en masse and drive out Delta – end of covid story.
Nov 27, 2021, 2:06 pm
#1899
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: C2
Posts: 651
Fortunately, none have symptoms. Even YLE finally reported that Omikron spreads rapidly but people go symptom-free or have very light symptoms, so the virus is developing just as it's expected to.
Krista and Sanna should send us all to CPT for a weekend, that would bring Omikron to Finland en masse and drive out Delta – end of covid story.
Krista and Sanna should send us all to CPT for a weekend, that would bring Omikron to Finland en masse and drive out Delta – end of covid story.
According to SA experts the symptoms are "extremly mild". So yes, maybe Krista and Sanna should offer all FT volunteers a free ticket to SA so we can bring home this highly contagious but extremely mild strain.
Nov 27, 2021, 3:25 pm
#1900
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You've probably googled it yourself by now, but here's The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...nt-vaccination
There's a statement from Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, saying the cases are "extremely mild". That's, of course, self-evident as all these cases have emerged because of pretravel testing, meaning people are symptomless.
There's a statement from Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, saying the cases are "extremely mild". That's, of course, self-evident as all these cases have emerged because of pretravel testing, meaning people are symptomless.
Nov 27, 2021, 4:41 pm
#1901
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: W29
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Anyone with any experience with BKK check in lately? Is it a complete zoo or relatively normal given that there arent as many documents to check leaving Thailand as entering it? I am not trying to get to the airport tooo soon later this week.
Nov 27, 2021, 4:52 pm
#1902
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No experience from BKK, but in general, AY outstation check-in has been a bit slower than usually because non-Finnish citizens will need to have their covid documents verified. It's nothing major, though. If you're at the airport 90 minutes before departure, you shouldn't have any problems.
Nov 27, 2021, 9:23 pm
#1903
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Vantaa, Finland
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Posts: 56
You've probably googled it yourself by now, but here's The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...nt-vaccination
There's a statement from Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, saying the cases are "extremely mild". That's, of course, self-evident as all these cases have emerged because of pretravel testing, meaning people are symptomless.
There's a statement from Dr Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, saying the cases are "extremely mild". That's, of course, self-evident as all these cases have emerged because of pretravel testing, meaning people are symptomless.
Nov 28, 2021, 1:53 am
#1904
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: AY+ Platinum / FlyingBlue Gold
Posts: 836
Nothing is really open after security. Lounge is open though. If u have status I would suggest to go to JAL Sakura lounge, they have great food selection!
Nov 28, 2021, 2:01 am
#1905
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: W29
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Thanks for the report. That dark hallway photo looked pretty scary though!