Iceland Air - Itenerary & General IS Question
Apr 20, 2020, 3:43 pm
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Iceland Air - Itenerary & General IS Question
Two questions about an upcoming Iceland Trip:
1. My return flight is from KEF to JFK, at 8:15pm, on Sunday, July 26th. That evening, Iceland's schedule to NYC looks like:
- 8:15pm, KEF-JFK (my flight)
- 5:00pm, KEF-JFK
- 5:00pm, KEF-EWR
Does anyone have a sense of which flight they will keep based on knowledge of how they operate? At all costs, I want to avoid being forced to EWR vs JFK...
2. My family and I are doing the 10-day circuit around Iceland (clockwise from KEF). We will be on our own, in a rental car, most of the time. If restaurants aren't broadly open, what do we do? Are there Iceland's equivalent of 7-11s on the road where we get food, or are we going to need to go to a grocery store and make our own meals for 10 days...?
1. My return flight is from KEF to JFK, at 8:15pm, on Sunday, July 26th. That evening, Iceland's schedule to NYC looks like:
- 8:15pm, KEF-JFK (my flight)
- 5:00pm, KEF-JFK
- 5:00pm, KEF-EWR
Does anyone have a sense of which flight they will keep based on knowledge of how they operate? At all costs, I want to avoid being forced to EWR vs JFK...
2. My family and I are doing the 10-day circuit around Iceland (clockwise from KEF). We will be on our own, in a rental car, most of the time. If restaurants aren't broadly open, what do we do? Are there Iceland's equivalent of 7-11s on the road where we get food, or are we going to need to go to a grocery store and make our own meals for 10 days...?
Apr 20, 2020, 3:58 pm
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Two questions about an upcoming Iceland Trip:
1. My return flight is from KEF to JFK, at 8:15pm, on Sunday, July 26th. That evening, Iceland's schedule to NYC looks like:
- 8:15pm, KEF-JFK (my flight)
- 5:00pm, KEF-JFK
- 5:00pm, KEF-EWR
Does anyone have a sense of which flight they will keep based on knowledge of how they operate? At all costs, I want to avoid being forced to EWR vs JFK...
2. My family and I are doing the 10-day circuit around Iceland (clockwise from KEF). We will be on our own, in a rental car, most of the time. If restaurants aren't broadly open, what do we do? Are there Iceland's equivalent of 7-11s on the road where we get food, or are we going to need to go to a grocery store and make our own meals for 10 days...?
1. My return flight is from KEF to JFK, at 8:15pm, on Sunday, July 26th. That evening, Iceland's schedule to NYC looks like:
- 8:15pm, KEF-JFK (my flight)
- 5:00pm, KEF-JFK
- 5:00pm, KEF-EWR
Does anyone have a sense of which flight they will keep based on knowledge of how they operate? At all costs, I want to avoid being forced to EWR vs JFK...
2. My family and I are doing the 10-day circuit around Iceland (clockwise from KEF). We will be on our own, in a rental car, most of the time. If restaurants aren't broadly open, what do we do? Are there Iceland's equivalent of 7-11s on the road where we get food, or are we going to need to go to a grocery store and make our own meals for 10 days...?
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/int...1580226297.htm
ICELAND - published 15.04.2020
1.Passengers are not allowed to enter Iceland until 15 May 2020.
This does not apply to nationals of EEA Member States and Switzerland.
This does not apply to passengers with a British passport.
This does not apply to passengers with a residence permit issued by a Schengen Member State.
This does not apply to:
- family members of nationals of EEA Member States, Switzerland and of British nationals;
- diplomats;
- health and care workers traveling on duty;
- humanitarian aid workers;
- international organizations personnel;
- passengers that require international protection;
- passengers traveling on family emergencies;
- members of armed forces traveling on duty.
2.Passengers listed in above exemptions who intent to travel through Iceland on their way to another Schengen Member State must have a written confirmation of their permission to enter the other Schengen Member State.
3.Returning nationals and residents of Iceland must undergo quarantine for 14 days.
1.Passengers are not allowed to enter Iceland until 15 May 2020.
This does not apply to nationals of EEA Member States and Switzerland.
This does not apply to passengers with a British passport.
This does not apply to passengers with a residence permit issued by a Schengen Member State.
This does not apply to:
- family members of nationals of EEA Member States, Switzerland and of British nationals;
- diplomats;
- health and care workers traveling on duty;
- humanitarian aid workers;
- international organizations personnel;
- passengers that require international protection;
- passengers traveling on family emergencies;
- members of armed forces traveling on duty.
2.Passengers listed in above exemptions who intent to travel through Iceland on their way to another Schengen Member State must have a written confirmation of their permission to enter the other Schengen Member State.
3.Returning nationals and residents of Iceland must undergo quarantine for 14 days.
All around the world the situation changes day by day
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Apr 20, 2020 at 4:31 pm Reason: spelling
May 16, 2020, 11:26 pm
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Iceland will open up on 6/15, at least that is their plan as of today.
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel...rs-on-june-15/
No quarantine if you pass the covid-19 test upon arrival in KEF.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...683_story.html
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel...rs-on-june-15/
No quarantine if you pass the covid-19 test upon arrival in KEF.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...683_story.html
May 18, 2020, 3:39 pm
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Iceland will open up on 6/15, at least that is their plan as of today.
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel...rs-on-june-15/
No quarantine if you pass the covid-19 test upon arrival in KEF.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...683_story.html
https://www.icelandreview.com/travel...rs-on-june-15/
No quarantine if you pass the covid-19 test upon arrival in KEF.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...683_story.html
May 19, 2020, 1:13 am
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Nationals of EU/EEA/CH/UK have always been able to enter Schengen from outside, throughout the entire period of the entry ban.
If and whether flights are operating to certain parts of the Schengen zone is, of course, another matter; but the current entry ban does not apply to EU/EEA/CH/UK nationals at all.
(This does not mean that any such passengers being admitted to the Schengen zone are not subject to further controls/requirements, such as self-isolation depending on the origin of their travel)