These are the countries where, from this Monday, you will no longer be able to travel with Avianca

Due to the pandemic, restrictions in several countries have increased so that travelers can enter without affecting public health. For that, Avianca Holdings will suspend 24 international routes, mainly in South America, to countries like El Salvador, Panama, Ecuador and Guatemala, as well as flights to the United States and Europe will also be restricted, since today.

“Due to new entry restrictions in some countries and greater uncertainty for our travelers due to Covid-19, we have adjusted our routes,” Avianca said in a statement.

However, this is a temporary measure as the company announced that routes will be resumed depending on the evolution of the pandemic, in some cases during the first semester and in others during the second semester, specifying that, for the moment, said connections will not be closed indefinitely and in some cases, they will resume from April.

Since there are travelers who had already purchased the tickets in advance, the airline said that the passengers concerned will be able to change their itinerary or their itinerary to a common point without charging a penalty or fare difference.

The suspended routes are:

From and to Bogotá: Barcelona (Spain), London (England), Curaçao, San Juan (Puerto Rico), La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Asunción (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay), Fort Lauderdale and Orlando (United States and Panama.

From Cali and Medellín: Madrid Spain).

From and to Central America: San Salvador-Newark in the USA (this link has been suspended indefinitely since February), San Salvador-Dallas (USA), San Salvador-Toronto (Canada) and Panama-San José (Costa Rica), among others.

Avianca also recently announced that tickets with fare L or XL will include PCR or antigen testing for Covid-19. S, M or XL tariffs will benefit from reductions of up to 28% in the Covid-19 PCR test or up to 13% in the antigen test. In addition, size XXL includes a free home test.

To travel to Europe, people must leave with a time greater than 20 days, because it is necessary that The passengers remain in quarantine for at least 14 days during which the authorities of the different countries will check that this is respected and, in addition, the state of health of the tourists.

On the other hand, those who enter A negative PCR test for covid-19 will be required at least 72 hours before travel. It is also possible that those who enter will be asked to take a second exam five days after arrival to rule out that they have been infected on the way.

In the USA Travelers must present a negative PCR test for the coronavirus to the airline in Colombia and later in the United States, it cannot come from antigens or blood. The document must be issued a maximum of three days before the trip and by a recognized laboratory.

In addition, it requires tourists or citizens entering the country to do a preventive quarantine. According to the government’s recommendation, international travelers should be isolated for 7 days. Even if the test they presented is negative.

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