Transit through Belgium and Italy?

ceewash

My son is travelling home from Austria to UK at end of August. On way home he is doing Vienna-Milan-UK and on return UK-Brussels-Vienna. What are the rules regarding transit through Belgium and Italy? I read that UK is on Belgium red list. Finding it difficult to get clarification. Any advice?

Caz3121

are these booked as single journeys? - will he be able to stay airside in transit at the intermediate points or will he need to 'enter' to collect baggage/recheck etc (rules may be different depending on answer)

ceewash

I think he needs to check out and in again.

ceewash

He won't have any checked in luggage

sheramber

Uk being on Belgium red list doesn't matter in UK.

 Both Italy and Belgium are on the amber list so if he is transitting through either of these countries he has to follow the amber list rules

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england#transit-stops-in-amber-or-red-list-countries

Transit stops in amber or red list countries

When you arrive in England you need to follow the rules for the highest risk country or territory that you have been in or passed through in the previous 10 days. That can include transit stops.

A transit stop is a stop where passengers can get on or off the same part of the transport in which you are travelling. It can apply to ships, trains or flights. Your ticket should show if a stop is a transit stop.

The rules of a country or territory that you make a transit stop in could apply if:

• new passengers get on and are able to mix with you
• you or other passengers get off the transport you are on and mix with other people, then get on again

Making a transit stop would not affect what you have to do on arrival in England if, during the stop:

• no new passengers, who are able to mix with you, get on
• no-one on-board gets off and mixes with people outside
• passengers get off but do not get back on

What he has to do returning to Austria will depend on the Austrian rules.

onashoestring

The current UK rules also depend on whether  someone is double vaccinated or not .

p3ncilsharpener

sheramber said:

Uk being on Belgium red list doesn't matter in UK.

 Both Italy and Belgium are on the amber list so if he is transitting through either of these countries he has to follow the amber list rules

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/red-amber-and-green-list-rules-for-entering-england#transit-stops-in-amber-or-red-list-countries

Transit stops in amber or red list countries

When you arrive in England you need to follow the rules for the highest risk country or territory that you have been in or passed through in the previous 10 days. That can include transit stops.

A transit stop is a stop where passengers can get on or off the same part of the transport in which you are travelling. It can apply to ships, trains or flights. Your ticket should show if a stop is a transit stop.

The rules of a country or territory that you make a transit stop in could apply if:

• new passengers get on and are able to mix with you
• you or other passengers get off the transport you are on and mix with other people, then get on again

Making a transit stop would not affect what you have to do on arrival in England if, during the stop:

• no new passengers, who are able to mix with you, get on
• no-one on-board gets off and mixes with people outside
• passengers get off but do not get back on

What he has to do returning to Austria will depend on the Austrian rules.

No, but it does matter when the son makes his return trip 

ceewash

onashoestring said:

The current UK rules also depend on whether  someone is double vaccinated or not .

Yes he is double vaccinated. So returning to Austria via Belgium will be as if he has come from Belgium, not UK? Sorry still finding this confusing. There will be different people on the second leg of each trip.

sheramber

He needs to check the Belgian/Austrian rules for travelling UK- Belgium-Austria.

Their rules will not necessarily be the same as the UK ones.

p3ncilsharpener

ceewash said:

onashoestring said:

The current UK rules also depend on whether  someone is double vaccinated or not .

Yes he is double vaccinated. So returning to Austria via Belgium will be as if he has come from Belgium, not UK? Sorry still finding this confusing. There will be different people on the second leg of each trip.

Maybe, maybe not.  You need to check the specific rules for each country.

The UK, for example, says if you've been in a country in the past 10 days, you need to follow the rules for that country.  So someone travelling from a red list country to an amber list country, to a green list countryand then the UK would have to follow red list rules if they were in the amber and green list countries for less than 10 days.

onashoestring

As others have said you will have to check the rules for each of the countries he is travelling through as they all have different requirements and their own forms to be completed.

These are the current UK rules for double vaccinated  entering UK  from ( Vienna -Milan )  = Amber

Proof of an approved European vaccination programme

You need to show an EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU DCC), showing you’ve had a full course of an EMA or Swissmedic-approved vaccine in one of the listed European countries.

You can show either a digital or paper certificate.

•need proof of negative test before travel . ( taken within the  3 days before travel )
• day 2 PCR test booked before travel from a UK Gov list  to be taken in UK on or before Day 2

• complete Passenger Locator Form before travel
.no need to quarantine. 

You will have to keep up to date as any of the current rules for any of these countries could change at any time.