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Originally Posted by Sarastro (Post 17259492)

Airlines pay a lot of money to TIMATIC for the very purpose of assuring passengers arrive at their destinations with the appropriate credentials to include valid passport, the correct visa and the necessary health documents.

Yes they do pay to access TIMATIC and other databases, all I am saying is that airlines do not contact you and tell you what things you need to enter a country, they will send generic info reminding you to check and maybe offer up some URLs where you can check, but it is not tailored to your specific requirements. The responsibility lies in the passenger to get the correct visa/COVID/health docs etc before travel and the responsibility of the airline at the airport when checking in to ensure you have it all otherwise be denied boarding.& they might use TIMATIC for that. As the OP has stated, the airline has offered nothing more than an opinion about what is needed.

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Originally Posted by anniinamariam (Post 17259569)

I called the airline and they said that in their opinion I am not entering or leaving France so I don’t need the certificate of leaving. I only need the PCR test and the statement that I don’t have covid symptoms. However if they happen to ask me additional documents in the airport and I don’t have them, the airline will give me chance to change the flights to another date. So it should not be a problem

That is a very flakey response from the airline. They are not going to give you more than an opinion. However I do not think you will have a problem as you do not need anything to transit CDG as long as you have everything you need for your final destination. Did you check the Traveldocs website for your requirements, it is what AF/KLM suggest you use. I assume you are travelling on AF?

If however worse case scenario and you do need to change your flights, how often is there a CDG-SDQ flight, what if the next one is full and how would a delay like that affect the validity of your PCR test for your destination? How would get additional documents, whatever they may be? And what would the cost be of changing your flight or are you assuming it would be FOC? Would you be stuck airside at CDG if you had to change your flight or would you enter France and stay overnight at a hotel? If so, that changes things.

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Originally Posted by Sarastro (Post 17259599)

That was true for entering certain Schengen countries from outside the Schengen such as Germany, which recently opened, and Belgium which may still be closed to non-EU passport entries. Presently, I am unaware of any intra-Schengen restrictions for those with EU passports or for those who are EU residents.

There are still restrictions, and not all countries have the same policies. If you are doing a road trip involving several countries, you have some administration to do before you can leave. Not everyone has had a change to be fully vaccinated, particularly younger people. Germany banned travellers from Portugal, except for German nationals who were allowed to travel but had to quarantaine on entering Germany. I was at Brussels airport 2 weeks ago, and several people were refused at check-in because they didn't have the right forms, or test results that were not accepted.

The point I was making is that traveling within Schengen is not the same as domestic travel.

This gives a good overview, and links to national sites;
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021...l-restrictions