Resolution of the Council of Minister n.º 74-A/2021, ammended by the Declaration n.º 18-A/2021 and RCM n.º 77-A/2021, and Order nº6326-A/2021 - in force from 00h00 of june 28th until 23h59 of July 11th.

AIR TRAFFIC TO PORTUGAL   

According to Order nº 6326-A/ 2021, air traffic to and from mainland Portugal is authorized to:

1.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.

2.Flights from Albania, Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Republic of North Macedonia, Rwanda, Singapore, Serbia, South Korea,Taiwan, Thailand, United States of America and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, subject to reciprocity;

3.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 74-A/2021);

4. 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 laboratory result of a nucleic acid amplification test (TAAN) or rapid antigen test (TRAg)* to screen for SARS-CoV-2 infection with a negative result, performed within 72 or 48 hours before boarding time, respectively, with the exception of children who have not completed 12 years old. 

(*) the proof of laboratory performance of the rapid antigen test (TRAg) must indicate, obligatorily, the set of standardized data agreed by the Committee of Health Security of the European Union.

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.

The presentation of Digital Certificate COVID EU dispenses tests to screen for infection by SARS-CoV-2 due to travel.

OBLIGATION OF PROPHYLACTIC ISOLATION IN PORTUGAL

Passengers from Brazil, India, Nepal, South Africa and United Kingdom must comply with a 14-day prophylactic isolation period after entering mainland Portugal, at home or in a location indicated by health authorities. These rules are also applicable to entry across land, sea or fluvial borders.

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, Nepal 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, Nepal and South Africa in the 14 days prior to their arrival in Portugal.

Passengers traveling on essential journeys and whose period of stay in national territory, attested by a return ticket, does not exceed 48 hours are excluded from isolation.

Are also exempted passengers from the United Kingdom with proof of vaccination carried out in that country and attesting the complete vaccination schedule of the respective holder, for at least 14 days, with a vaccine against COVID-19 authorized under the terms of the Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004.

The presentation of the EU COVID Digital Certificate of vaccination or recovery dispenses with quarantine or isolation for travel reasons.

WARNING: The lists of countries indicated within the scope of permitted air traffic and mandatory prophylactic isolation can be updated at any time, in case of changes in epidemiological terms.

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