Saudi Arabia issues new travel advisory for passengers
June 14, 2021 02:57 PM
Saudi Arabia has issued a fresh travel advisory for passengers travelling to the Kingdom, making it compulsory for them to provide their data on an online portal before entry into the country, reported 24NewsHD TV channel Monday.
According to a notification issued from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia, the online portal would have complete data of vaccination of the passengers.
The airlines would also have to check the registration of the passengers on the online platform before their arrival.
The passengers will have to provide details of their registration with the online platform to the airlines. Besides showing registration message on mobile phone, the travellers also had to present a printed certificate along with the registration.
The new restrictions will come into force from June 16.
Saudi Arabia has maintained the travel ban on inbound passengers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and others despite lifting restrictions on travellers from 11 countries on May 30.
The Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a notification to the airlines operating in the airports of the kingdom regarding lifting the travel ban on passengers from 11 countries.
The travel restrictions have been maintained on passengers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Indonesia, Brazil and Lebanon for an indefinite period.