RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Argentina allowed hundreds of activities to reactivate and return to work, perhaps not at the same volume as before the pandemic, but with a significant growth after the coronavirus quarantine.
One of these activities is tourism and flights, which began to be scheduled with much greater frequency and with a higher percentage of passengers (the number of people allowed to enter the country has also increased), as established by Administrative Decision 951/2021 published in early October in the Official Gazette.
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“The National Administration of Civil Aviation a decentralized agency acting within the orbit of the Ministry of Transport will have a weekly quota of seats in passenger flights for the entry into the national territory of Argentine men and women, men and women residents in the Argentine Republic, nationals, and residents in neighboring countries and foreigners not residing in our country or neighboring countries, who had been exceptionally authorized for such purpose by the National direction of migration, decentralized agency acting within the orbit the Ministry of internal affairs, in the exercise of the powers provided for in Section 1°, second paragraph, of Decree No. 274/20 until October 31, 2021, incorporating non-resident foreigners of any origin as from November 1, 2021, according to the following detail: a. Between October 1 and October 3, 2021, both inclusive 2,300 passenger seats per day; b. Between October 4 and 10, 2021, both inclusive, 21,000 passenger seats per week; c. From October 11, 2021, and until 14 days after the threshold of 50% of the population with complete vaccination has been reached, 28,000 passenger seats per week. Afterr 14 days from the date on which our country reaches 50% coverage of the population with complete vaccination scheme, as announced by the Ministry of Health no quota of any kind will be applied”, states the Decision.
Thus, several companies will fly to Argentina again, such as Cubana de Aviación, Air Canada, GOL, Ethiopian Airlines, and British Airways. Each airline will have to request which operations it intends to carry out.
MEASURES IN FORCE FOR TOURISTS ENTERING THE COUNTRY
The Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Nation, Matías Lammens, announced this Tuesday that “tourists over 18 years old will be exempted from the PCR test that was required seven days after their arrival to the country, remembering that they must present the complete vaccination schedule and the test 72 hours before their trip”.
In addition, minors under that age “will no longer have to comply with the isolation upon arrival in Argentina and will have vaccines available in the national territory”.