 Aircrafts at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport, September 9, 2021 (Photo: VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh) |
In addition to complying with health regulations and declaring health status as set by the Health Ministry, passengers must carry a negative test certificate valid within 72 hours from the time of receiving the test results by RT-PCR or rapid antigen test.
But those who have first dose of vaccine for three weeks, have been fully vaccinated, or have recovered from COVID-19 within 6 months, will not need to be tested.
Under the Ministry of Transport's plan, the resumption will be done in four phases.
The first, planned for no more than 10 days, will see airlines resume flights but with the frequency not exceeding 50 percent of that in the first 10 days of April before the fourth wave of coronavirus began. Passengers must be socially distanced on planes.
In the second phase, also for no more than 10 days, the frequency can be increased to 70 percent.
The third would see the frequency return to but not exceed the level in the first week of April, and no distancing will be required.
In the final phase, airlines' operations will return to normal.