“Caro agente,
A Beijing Capital Airlines informa esta nova política:
Strengthening of Flight requirements for passengers travelling to China from a third country in transit via Lisbon
UPDATE JULY 15TH 2021
In view of the changing situation of the epidemic situation, the risk of imported cases of foreign variant strains continues to increase. In order to ensure the health and safety of international travel, and to effectively prevent the risk of imported epidemics, all passengers departing from a third country and taking the Beijing Capital Airlines flight from Lisbon to Xi’an ( hereinafter referred to as “transit passengers”), the following requirements must be added to the flight.
The specific requirements are as follows:
- After the transit passengers have undergone various tests in the country of origin in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese embassy in the country of origin, and have obtained the green health code issued by the embassy in the country of origin, they need to contact Beijing Capital Airlines’ Lisbon office or Beijing Capital Airlines Call Center to inform itinerary information: including Passenger’s name, contact information, name of origin, departure date of origin, departure date of Lisbon, Lisbon-Xi’an ticket number, please send the above information to the mailbox of the Beijing Capital Airlines Lisbon office: bcalisbon@hnair.com, or call the Call Center telephone phone number 008610 95375 to inform the above information;
- After arriving in Lisbon, transit passengers need to select two different testing institutions from the list of testing institutions specified by the Chinese Embassy in Portugal to perform PCR nucleic acid testing, IgM testing, and IgG testing, that is, the three tests will be performed twice. When the result of the IgG test is positive, the passenger need to perform local CT or X-ray exam. If the result of this CT or X-Ray is normal, and if all the others results and requirements are approved by the Chinese Embassy, the passenger will receive the green health code issued by the Chinese Embassy in Portugal and the passenger will can take the Lisbon-Xi’an flight. The sampling time for the above tests namely PCR / IgM / Igg must be within 48 hours before the departure of the Lisbon-Xi’an flight. For the list of testing agencies specified by the Chinese Embassy in Portugal, please refer to the notice on the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Portugal. The link to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Portugal is http://pt.chineseembassy.org/chn. In order to reduce the risk of the spread of the epidemic, passengers are requested to take a local regular taxi or other public transportation in Lisbon when going out for testing;
- Transit passengers need to fill in the “Transit Passenger Declaration” (please see the attached document), truthfully fill in the individual’s movement track in Lisbon, promise to strictly implement various epidemic prevention and control policies and measures, and sign the statement. At the same time, the “Transit Passenger Declaration” is used as one of the application materials and uploaded when applying for the green health code to the Chinese Embassy in Portugal for verification by the embassy. See the attachment for the template of “Transit Passenger Declaration”;
- According to the contact information provided by the passenger, the Lisbon office of the first flight will send the passenger a guideline on epidemic prevention advice for transit passengers during their stay in Portugal. Passengers should implement relevant epidemic prevention measures in accordance with the specific suggestions in the guide.
Transit passengers are requested to pay attention to the above requirements. In the event of incomplete testing items, failure to upload the Transit Passenger Declaration, and failure to follow the epidemic prevention recommendations, the embassy’s green health code cannot be obtained and they will not be able to board the plane.
This policy will take effect from today, July, 15th 2021