Beijing Flights Restart, Require Testing Seven Days Prior to Travel

Joey Knotts, Contributing Editor | Jun 18, 2020 3:59 pm | 7 comments | 3704 reads

Following mass flight cancelations out of Beijing on Wednesday, Beijing Capital International Airport announced today that there are now three requirements for departing passengers, effective immediately:

  1. Passengers must satisfy the requirements for travel as determined by their destination. Click here to see what we know so far about these requirements. (Travelers should also take note of whether or not quarantine will be necessary upon arrival).
  2. Passengers' Beijing Health Kit must indicate "No abnormal conditions." Passengers will also be screened for fever prior to boarding.
  3. Passengers must have completed a nucleic acid test within the past seven days and should be prepared to provide proof of the test upon arrival.

These regulations also apply to travelers departing from Daxing Airport, according to Beijing News, and it is the airline's responsibility to check each passenger's nucleic acid result documents. Additionally, airport customer service staff advise passengers to confirm the specific epidemic prevention measures being followed by your destination airport in advance.

The regulations are in line with an earlier announcement by the nation’s train authority stating that travelers must be tested within seven days of train travel.

It is not yet clear to what extent domestic flights from Beijing will resume, but officials have advised that residents stay in Beijing if travel is not absolutely necessary.

READ: Foreign Ministry Dismisses Rumor That Foreigners With Valid Visas Will Not Be Allowed Into China

Image: Zibik (via Unsplash)

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John Farnworth's picture John Farnworth Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/21/2020 - 00:53

DGH2468 wrote:

I called Hainan Airlines today (June 18) about my direct flight from Beijing to Canada on June 30. They said a nucleic test result is NOT needed but that the other two requirements are in effect for foreigners travelling on international flights from Beijing.

Sounds like some airlines may allow you not to have the nucleic test done if leaving Beijing and the airline you travel on is okay with this why do you need a nucleic test?

John Farnworth

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 17:02

Crazy

Giovanni Martini wrote:
Sikaote wrote:

Passengers must have completed a nucleic acid test within the past seven days and should be prepared to provide proof of the test upon arrival.

So 7 days before my flight I get tested and the results are negative. Then sometime after that but before my flight I get infected.

Does anyone else see the problem??/

No problemo!

Passengers like that get a free ticket to India. After yesterday's little border contremps, it's the gambit du jour.

John Farnworth's picture John Farnworth Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 10:23

Sikaote wrote:
Exactly should also be tests at departure and arrival airport surely there will be.

Passengers must have completed a nucleic acid test within the past seven days and should be prepared to provide proof of the test upon arrival.

So 7 days before my flight I get tested and the results are negative. Then sometime after that but before my flight I get infected.

Does anyone else see the problem??/

John Farnworth

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/19/2020 - 03:39

Passengers must have completed a nucleic acid test within the past seven days and should be prepared to provide proof of the test upon arrival.

So 7 days before my flight I get tested and the results are negative. Then sometime after that but before my flight I get infected.

Does anyone else see the problem??/

John Farnworth's picture John Farnworth Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/18/2020 - 18:39

On reading this article and recently having had blood tests, an ultrasound scan and had my blood pressure checked three times and being told I am healthy after having swollen feet I was wondering what was needed to leave Beijing and China to go overseas and return when foreigners are allowed to re-enter China. Now I feel more reassured about the situation but now wondering which countries and places I am allowed to live in for a while in other Asian countries not far from Asia. Presently I am wondering about Vietnam, Macau or Hong Kong?

John Farnworth

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