TRAVEL TIPS TO AND FROM UAE

Tips for passengers travelling out of UAE

1. Passengers will need to do PCR tests only if it is mandated by the country they are travelling to. The travel regulations change frequently. You may need to take a Covid-19 PCR test before you depart or another particular type of Covid-19 test specified by your destination.

2. There is a list of authorised Covid-19 test laboratories in Dubai.

3. Rapid Covid-19 testing at Dubai International airport for flights to Amsterdam and Copenhagen.

4. All passengers travelling to Amsterdam and Copenhagen must have a negative rapid Covid-19 test certificate before travel.

5. From 14 February 2021, the rapid Covid-19 test conducted at Dubai Airport facilities will cost Dh150 plus taxes.

6. If you are starting your journey in Dubai it’s recommended to arrive 4 hours before departure.

Tips for passengers arriving into Dubai

1. All passengers arriving into Dubai from any point of origin (GCC countries included) must hold a negative Covid-19 PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure.

2. UAE nationals are exempt from the above, but will be required to take a Covid-19 PCR test on arrival at Dubai airport.

3. Children under the age of 12 and passengers who have a moderate or severe disability are exempt from the Covid-19 PCR test.

4. Passengers transiting through Dubai from some of the countries, are required to present a negative Covid-19 PCR test certificate for a test taken no more than 72 hours before departure, as well as to follow any requirements mandated by their final destination.

5. The certificate must be a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test.