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NEWS: UAE drops PCR test, Qantas bringing back LON-SIN-SYD and Finnair returns long-haul aircraft to London

  • 27/02/2022
  • Michele

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  • UAE drops pre-arrival PCR tests for vaccinated arrivals
  • Qantas bringing back LON-SIN-SYD
  • Finnair returns long-haul aircraft to London

UAE drops pre-arrival PCR tests for vaccinated arrivals

If you are heading to the UAE you will need to check the requirements for the emirate you are visiting as they have different requirements. The good news is that the UAE as a whole has dropped pre-arrival testing for those that are fully vaccinated. Those not fully vaccinated will still need to do the test.

Here are the full Dubai requirements from the Emirates page:

Effective 26 February 2022, passengers travelling to Dubai from all countries (GCC included) must fulfil one of the below requirements

  1. Present a valid vaccination certificate(s) reflecting that the passenger is fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the WHO or the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and includes a QR code System; or
  2. Present a valid Negative Covid‑19 Test certificate that should be based on a molecular diagnostic test intended for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid for SARS‑COV‑2 viral RNA, that is issued within 48 hours from the time of sample collection and issued by an approved health service provider, with a QR code System; or
  3. Present a valid medical certificate issued by the relevant authorities that the passenger has recovered from Coronavirus SARS Cov‑19 within a period of one 1 month from the date of recovery to the date of arrival, with a QR code System

If requested, passengers must undergo a PCR test on arrival in Dubai and self‑quarantine until they receive a negative result. In the event the passenger tests positive, then they should follow the guidelines issued by the relevant Health Authority in the Emirate of Dubai.

Note that printed or digital PCR test certificates or vaccination certificates, are accepted in English or Arabic and must include a QR Code. SMS certificates are not accepted. COVID 19 PCR Test or Vaccination certificates in other languages are acceptable if they can be validated at the departure point.

For Transit Passenger(s), the rules and conditions for entry at the final destination will apply.

Travellers arriving in Abu Dhabi will also be required to undertake a free COVID-19 PCR test on arrival. The official Etihad page is here. 

 

Qantas bringing back LON-SIN-SYD

Qantas A380 onboard lounge 

In more good news Qantas has announced that it will bring back its A380 flights from Sydney to London via Singapore. The flights will resume in June with QF1. At the same time, it is expected that the new Qantas Singapore First lounge will reopen after being closed for the entire pandemic. 

New A380 Qantas business clas seat

Singapore recently loosened its transit rules so you now can leave the transit gate areas to visit the airport and normal lounges. However, there is still a cap on numbers of transit passengers allowed so Qantas will not be able to resume flights until at least June.

In more good news the A380s will be the refurbished ones with the new business class seats, refreshed first class and the premium onboard lounges.

The London – Darwin – Sydney service will continue until 19 June when London – Perth will resume. 

HT: Australia’s Executive Traveller

 

Finnair returns long-haul aircraft to London

Finnair A330 business class seat sale offer Goa
A330 business class

One of the great things about flying Finnair from London to Asia, apart from the great prices was the fact that you could fly on a long haul aircraft from London to Helsinki. Prior to Covid they operated A330 and A350 on the route with long haul flatbed seats. Due to lack of demand during Covid, these went back to short-haul aircraft.

The good news is that from 2 March, Finnair will relaunch its daily A330 service on AY1331 and AY1332. While the A330 is not quite as good as the A350, it still has decent flatbed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. So it’s a great way to start your trip. BA stopped flying to Helsinki during the pandemic so the flights are a BA codeshare (BA6031 and BA6032). Finnair has something of a monopoly to Helsinki with prices starting at around £600 in business class. Yet you can often fly to Asia for around £1000-1500 with them in business class!

HT: London Air Travel

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  1. James Harper says:
    27/02/2022 at 5:09 pm

    Frequently travelling over weeks LHR-HEL, I can’t help wonder (again!) how long the A330 will last on this service. The loads are barely filling an A319 most of the time and if Finnair becomes subject to a Russian airspace ban it will wipe out their advantage to east and south east Asia in terms of time. Equally, they will be sanctioned if the European Union impose an across the board ban on Russian aircraft in their airspace and it is reciprocated in total because it’s a route Finnair use many times a day.

  2. Nick says:
    27/02/2022 at 5:51 pm

    Interesting article. I am due to fly AY1322 LHR-HEL on 23rd March on A330 and seat plan for the flight is showing the new long haul non-reclining lounge style seating.

    Picking up on James Harper’s comment, Flight Radar 24 is showing todays AY141 HEL-BKK flight routing to the west of Ukraine before turning south east to head over Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Will keep an eye on arrival time to see how much time this routing adds. At time of writing, Flightradar24 is not giving a revised ETA.

    1. Michele says:
      27/02/2022 at 5:58 pm

      Finnair are advising an extra hour for routes to Asia. That’s good news if you get the good seats. I wonder if they are using it for London for crew to get used to the changes before long haul. Seems an odd route to use it on otherwise.

      1. James Harper says:
        27/02/2022 at 6:36 pm

        I see the European Union as a whole has now banned Russian aircraft and it was particularly ratified by Finland and Sweden so I guess Finnair have a problem.

  3. Nick says:
    27/02/2022 at 6:51 pm

    Finnair now announced cancellation of flights to Seoul, Osaka, Tokyo, Shanghai and Guangzhou with Delhi, Bangkok, Phuket and Singapore being retained but with an hour added to flight time as Michelle mentioned. Flightradar24 now showing a 48 minute delay to arrival of today’s airborne AY141 currently following the revised route to BKK

  4. Andy s says:
    01/03/2022 at 9:33 pm

    UAE also one of only 3 countries to abstain in recent United Nations vote against Russia. Emirates and Qatar still flying to Moscow

    If you are truly appalled by what’s happening in Ukraine might want to consider boycotting UAE airlines

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