Updated measures applicable to air traffic to and from Portugal
Resolution of the Council of Minister n.º 64-A/2021 and Order nº 5418-A/2021 - in force from 00h00 of 31st May until 23h59 of 14th June.
AIR TRAFFIC TO PORTUGAL
According to Order nº 5418-A/ 2021, air traffic to and from mainland Portugal is authorized to:
- Flights to and from countries belonging to the EU and countries associated with the Schengen Area (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland) and the United Kingdom.
- Flights from Australia, China, Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, subject to reciprocity;
- Flights that are not from/to EU countries or associated with the Schengen Area are exclusively for essential travel (namely, those intended to allow the entry into Portugal of citizens travelling for professional, study, family reunion reasons, for health or humanitarian reasons, according to the n.º 3 of article 23 of the Resolution 64-A/2021);
- Flights planned to allow the return to Portugal of nationals or foreign citizens holding a residence permit in Portugal and flights destined to allow the return of foreign citizens who are stranded in Portugal to their countries of origin, as long as they are promoted by the competent authorities of those countries.
LABORATORY TEST RT-PCR
Before boarding, passengers of all nationalities must present proof of RT-PCR test for screening of SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a negative result, performed within 72 hours prior to boarding, with the exception of children who have not completed 24 months of age. To all foreign citizens who embark without the aforementioned test shall be refused entry into national territory.
ATTENTION: National citizens and foreign citizens with legal residence in the national territory and their family members, who are passengers of these flights and who, in violation of the duty to present proof of laboratory tests, proceed to board, are forwarded by the competent authorities, upon arrival in national territory, to carry out the PCR test at their own expenses, in a proper place inside the airport, waiting there until the notification of the negative result.
OBLIGATION OF PROPHYLACTIC ISOLATION IN PORTUGAL
Passengers from Brazil, India and South Africa must comply with a 14-day prophylactic isolation period after entering mainland Portugal, at home or in a location indicated by health authorities.
Passengers who come from the countries mentioned above must complete the form on the travel.sef.pt platform.
ATTENTION: Prophylactic isolation is also applicable to passengers on flights with initial origin in Brazil, India and South Africa, who have made a stopover or transited through other airports, and to passengers on flights, regardless of origin, who present a passport stamp with a departure record from Brazil, India and South Africa in the 14 days prior to their arrival in Portugal.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
