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Connecting Flights Covid Requirement?
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AceOfSpades12
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Hey, looking for some help when it comes to connecting flights. Cannot find anything specifically on this.
At the end of the month we are flying from the UK to the USA for a 5 day stay in New York. Both the outbound and inbound flights have an indirect stop in Germany of roughly 2 hours changing planes/ airlines. I understand the COVID entry requirements for the USA but…
Do we have to give any thought to the COVID requirements on the german stop? We won’t be leaving the airport so i’m not sure if we need to provide any documentation? Never took an indirect flight so the covid situation is making it even more confusing.
Gratefully for anybody’s help in advance
Lew
At the end of the month we are flying from the UK to the USA for a 5 day stay in New York. Both the outbound and inbound flights have an indirect stop in Germany of roughly 2 hours changing planes/ airlines. I understand the COVID entry requirements for the USA but…
Do we have to give any thought to the COVID requirements on the german stop? We won’t be leaving the airport so i’m not sure if we need to provide any documentation? Never took an indirect flight so the covid situation is making it even more confusing.
Gratefully for anybody’s help in advance
Lew
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Leaving the airport and leaving the transit area are two very different things. Which applies here? Which airline is the UK-Germany leg with (and to which airport?), if its with a carrier like Easyjet or Ryanair it is not going to be a through ticket and you will be classed as entering Germany as you have to collect bags and re-check in. Also not every airport has transit areas.
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emmajones1976 said:Leaving the airport and leaving the transit area are two very different things. Which applies here? Which airline is the UK-Germany leg with, if its with a carrier like Easyjet or Ryanair it is not going to be a through ticket and you will be classed as entering Germany as you have to collect bags and re-check in.
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Looks like a through ticket there then, and Frankfurt has a transit area
https://www.thelocal.de/20210903/reader-question-what-are-the-covid-rules-for-transiting-through-germany/
Looks like you may be ok not complying with German testing requirements then. Obviously you may get staff at Manchester who need reminding of this when you present for check in and at the gate.
This is confusing though as the Frankfurt Airport website suggests only transferring between Schengen flights is considered a transfer, and of course the UK has never been in Schengen.
https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/flights-and-transfer/covid-19/fly-safely.html
In conclusion, everything seems to conflict. Maybe the transit area at Frankfurt is only for Schengen flights, someone on here can maybe confirm.
Thats a long winded way to get to the east coast of the USA when Manchester has direct flights to New York, I hope it was cheap!
Also remember on flights to/from Germany, cloth masks are not allowed.0 -
emmajones1976 said:Looks like a through ticket there then, and Frankfurt has a transit area
https://www.thelocal.de/20210903/reader-question-what-are-the-covid-rules-for-transiting-through-germany/
Looks like you may be ok not complying with German testing requirements then. Obviously you may get staff at Manchester who need reminding of this when you present for check in and at the gate.
This is confusing though as the Frankfurt Airport website suggests only transferring between Schengen flights is considered a transfer, and of course the UK has never been in Schengen.
https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/flights-and-transfer/covid-19/fly-safely.html
In conclusion, everything seems to conflict
Thats a long winded way to get to the east coast of the USA when Manchester has direct flights to New York, I hope it was cheap!
Also remember on flights to/from Germany, cloth masks are not allowed.Oh don’t ask 😅 it’s for my mum and dad. Think it was a facebook deal they found - not sure if it’s cheap but i’d hope so too
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Thats a fair point, you need a test to get into the USA anyway dont you.
Just get your parents to fill in the German entry forms too, it may be a case they dont actually need them but it makes things easier at the gate/check in at Manchester too.
Make sure you mention the mask requirement to them also, its beyond ridiculous some countries insist on certain types, especially when for half the flight people are likely to have them off/under their nose anyway, but there we are.0
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