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my friend (swiss) will fly soon to switzerland with swiss airlines!

the travel office, where he booked the ticket told him, he will need

 

a) a fitforfly attest

b) a covid-19 test

 

otherwise he cannot fly out of bangkok - he cannot even fly on domestic flights without this tests!

 

true or not - could not find anything online!

 

thanks for any helpfull advise!

 

 

 

 

Sounds like garbage to me; if it was the case it would be stipulated here https://swiss.travel-regulations.com/route-info?origin=BKK&destination=ZRH&search-enabled=true

There is no regulation from the Thai side. The things mentioned are required only for entering the country, not leaving.

 

He needs to check entry requirements for Switzerland (if any) and also requirements (if any) of Swiss Airtllines.

2 hours ago, sibille said:

he cannot even fly on domestic flights without this tests!

That at least is complete utter nonsense. So the source does not earn much reputation.

Or completely lost in translation?

 

2 hours ago, sibille said:

my friend (swiss) will fly soon to switzerland with swiss airlines!

Swiss citizens can enter Switzerland (via airport) at ANY time.

Depending on the originating country he might have to undergo quarantine.

What native language is your friend (German, French, Italian?).

There is plenty of information on the net.

Otherwise I would really suggest contacting Swiss airlines and the Swiss embassy (website) as first sources.

And Thailand is qualified as one of the few non-risk countries outside Europe.

So even quarantine in Switzerland might be dropped.

German:

https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/20201773/index.html#app1ahref0

French:

https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20201773/index.html#app1ahref0

Italian:

https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified-compilation/20201773/index.html#app1ahref0

2 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Swiss citizens can enter Switzerland (via airport) at ANY time.

Depending on the originating country he might have to undergo quarantine.

What native language is your friend (German, French, Italian?).

There is plenty of information on the net.

Otherwise I would really suggest contacting Swiss airlines and the Swiss embassy (website) as first sources.

him is real swiss and him speaks write and understand swissgerman, german and english and some other languages!

he wrote already to the swiss embassy - awaiting the answer soon!

thanks all for the informations!

2 minutes ago, sibille said:

him speaks write and understand german and english and some other languages!

he wrote already to the swiss embassy - awaiting the answer soon!

thanks all for the informations!

 

why not just call Swiss' office in BKK airport or its headquarters?

 

6 minutes ago, tgw said:

 

why not just call Swiss' office ?

 

this is not the problem, the problem is actually that the girl / woman at the travel agency gave him all this "s - h - i - t -" information and he feels a bit unsafe ...! the booking is done - he has the ticket!

10 minutes ago, sibille said:

booking is done - he has the ticket!

Even better reason to stick to SWISS?

called to swiss airlines - no problems (information - 7.12.20) and here the answer in german from the swiss embassy in bangkok (8.12.20)

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Besten Dank für Ihre Anfrage.

Wir können diese Information nicht bestätigen.

Nach unserer Kenntnis verlangt SWISS Airlines keine solchen Tests und Zertifikate, damit ein Schweizer Bürger mitfliegen kann. Zur Einreise in der Schweiz sind keine weiteren Vorbereitungen zu treffen.

Webseite BAG: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfehlungen-fuer-reisende.html#-42768884                                                                                                                                                                                  

Um genauere Informationen zu Inlandflügen in Thailand zu erhalten, kontaktieren Sie bitte direkt die Fluggesellschaft.

Freundliche Grüsse

P.C.M.(Mr.)

Visa Section

Embassy of Switzerland in Thailand

 

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translation from google:
 

Thank you for your inquiry.

We cannot confirm this information.

To the best of our knowledge, SWISS Airlines does not require such tests and certificates for Swiss citizens to fly. No further preparations need to be made to enter Switzerland.

FOPH website: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfänger-fuer-reisen.html#-42768884

For more detailed information on domestic flights in Thailand, please contact the airline directly.

Best regards

P.C.M. (Mr.)

Visa Section

Embassy of Switzerland in Thailand