Last Updated: 10/5/2022

Dear Passengers,

In order to make a flight booking you will need to present valid passports, contact numbers and an email address. Once you have booked, Please check your itinerary for:

Names are correctly spelled. Dates and time are correct. Connection times are agreed.

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Only travellers with 2 completed dose of vaccinations are permitted to leave the country. Unvaccinated travellers can leave without exemption. Under 12 years old travellers don’t need vaccine if they travel with their parents.

Each country requirements are different however generally they are much the same. Unvaccinated travellers are required to undertake the PCR test within 72 hours of entering destination country. All passengers need to fill out an entry form on internet before arriving into destination country. This applies both ways inbound and outbound.

You can undertake travellers same day result PCR test in https://consumer.healius.com.au/ in Heidelberg (Melbourne) or at the Melbourne and Sydney airports the same day by https://www.histopath.com.au/ labs. Melbourne airport T1 Before Security Next to the Doctor’s clinic tel (03) 7036 1001 Monday – Sunday: 6.00am until the last flight at night closes, Open Public Holidays Each require a booking prior.

Going to Turkey: Travellers needs to fill out the form in internet: https://register.health.gov.tr/ along with PCR test within 72 hours arriving. full vaccinated travellers dont need PCR test results. They have to show the vaccination document. 

See Cyprus entry conditions here (Larnaca) : https://www.hermesairports.com/covid-19/travelling-to-cyprus

North Cyprus entry form link: https://kktckarantina.com/travel-code/register

All passengers, regardless of the country category, will need to apply for a Cyprus Flight Pass through the dedicated https://cyprusflightpass.gov.cy/en/home. Visit the following https://cyprusflightpass.gov.cy/en/passengers-eligible-for-a-test for information on passengers who meet the requirements for a test in Cyprus. Category ORANGE: Passengers arriving from countries falling under this category, must present a negative laboratory analysis of PCR test performed within 72 hours prior to departure. Australia is in Orange category.

On return to Australia passengers are not required to take PCR test as of 18th April 2022.  All Australian travellers has to fill out an entry form to Australia. https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/australia-travel-declaration

When leaving Turkey Istanbul airport has PCR test labs:

When leaving Turkey Istanbul airport has PCR test labs : https://www.istairport.com/en/announcements/istanbul-airport-test-center-is-at-your-service-24-7

If you fail to comply with these rules you may be denied on board the flights and may incur further charges. Make sure you have a printed copies of all your documents with you in case.

Have a safe travel.

Within the scope of the measures taken against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the following decisions are effective on July 1, 2021 regarding entry to Turkey, per the Turkish authorities:

1) Passengers from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka are banned from entering Turkey until further notice. But the passengers traveling from these countries may transit to other countries without entering Turkey, our flights from these countries continue to take place. Passengers of 6 years of age and over who are arriving to Turkey from another country but have been in Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal or Sri Lanka in the last 14 days, must submit a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before arrival and must be quarantined for 14 days in locations to be determined by the Governorships. If the PCR test result to be made at the end of the 14th day of the quarantine is negative, the quarantine measure will be terminated. Passengers whose PCR test result is positive will be taken into isolation as soon as the positive test result is received, and the measure will be terminated with a negative PCR test result which will be made at the end of the 14th day. Accommodation and airport transfer fees will be paid by the passengers.

2) Passengers of 6 years of age and over arriving from Afghanistan and Pakistan and passengers of 6 years of age and over who have been to these countries in the last 14 days are required to submit a negative PCR test result taken 72 hours before arrival to Turkey. These passengers are required to stay under quarantine for 10 days in quarantine hotels specified by the governorships. Accommodation and airport transfer fees will be paid by the passengers. If the result of the PCR test taken at the end of the 7th day of the quarantine is negative, the quarantine measure will be terminated.

• Students who are citizens of Afghanistan or Pakistan and come to Turkey until September 1, 2021 for higher education will be admitted to board the flight if they present their valid and current student ID (students coming to Turkey to enroll must present the acceptance letter or the registration letter) showing that they study in Turkey. Upon their entry into the country, they will be subject to mandatory quarantine at the Kanuni Sultan Suleyman KYK Dormitory in Istanbul and Tahsin Banguoglu KYK Dormitory in Ankara. 
• Citizens of Afghanistan or Pakistan who have a residence or work permit in Turkey will be admitted to board the flight if they present valid residence or work permit in Turkey. These passengers will be exempt from hotel quarantine and will be able to stay in quarantine at their residential address, and those whose first entry points to the country are cities other than Istanbul or Ankara will be allowed to go to their residences only by private vehicle, will not be allowed to board domestic flights or use public transportation. 
• Turkish citizens arriving from Afghanistan or Pakistan will be exempt from hotel quarantine and will be able to stay in quarantine at their residential address, and those whose first entry points to the country are cities other than Istanbul or Ankara will be allowed to go to their residences only by private vehicle, will not be allowed to board domestic flights or use public transportation.

3) Passengers who will be quarantined within the scope of the first and second articles must make hotel reservations via the hotel contact details listed below before their flight at the first point of departure and pay the total hotel accommodation fees before starting their travels. In accordance with the rules set forth by the relevant authorities, passengers who cannot present the proof of payment to the officers at the first points of departure will not be able to board our flights due. 

• Isolation hotels

4) Passengers of 6 years of age and over arriving to Turkey from the United Kingdom, Iran, Egypt and Singapore must present a negative PCR test result taken in the last 72 hours prior to arrival to Turkey.

5) Passengers aged 6 and over who are not covered by the first, second and fourth articles and will enter Turkey are expected to present the documents/certificates issued by the relevant country’s official authorities at the first point of departure that they have been vaccinated at least 14 days before entering Turkey or have had COVID-19 disease in the last six months starting from the 28th day of the first PCR positive test result. These passengers will not be required to submit a negative PCR/rapid antigen test report and quarantine measures will not be applied for them. If the vaccination certificate or documents indicating that the passenger had COVID-19 disease cannot be submitted, the presentation of the negative PCR test result taken maximum 72 hours before entry or the negative rapid antigen test result taken maximum 48 hours before entry will be deemed sufficient.

6) Passengers are subject to PCR testing on the basis of sampling at arrival in Turkey. These passengers will be allowed to proceed to their final destination after the test samples are taken. If the test results are positive, they will be treated in accordance with the Covid-19 guidelines of the Ministry of Health. Passengers and the persons with close contact with passengers with positive test results will be quarantined for 14 days at the addresses they have determined, and quarantine conditions will be terminated if the PCR test results to be performed at the end of the 10th day are negative. The quarantine conditions of those who are found to be carrying the Delta variant will be terminated with a negative PCR test result at the end of the 14th day.

In addition:

• These requirements are not mandatory for international transfer passengers.
• Passengers entering Turkey can submit molecular tests, also known as nucleic acid amplification, genetic, RNA or PCR tests.
• As of March 15, 2021, passengers who enter Turkey on international flights (excluding transfer passengers and passengers under the age of 6) must complete the Turkey Entry Form, which they can access on this page, within 72 hours prior to their flight. A paper printout or mobile screenshot of the completed form will be checked at the stations before the flight.
• All passengers are required to wear masks at airports and during the flights.
• Passengers must complete a Passenger Information Form on flights to Turkey.
• Temperature measurements at Turkey’s airports have been removed for all destinations apart from flights to and from Canada, Singapore and Guangzhou, and for passengers using hot connection points (points used by transfer passengers with a connection time of 90 minutes or less) due to short connecting times.
• Aircraft crew, seamen and truck drivers will be exempted from SARS-COV-2 PCR testing and quarantine practice.
• It is obligatory to obtain an HES code for flights taken within Turkey. There is no HES code requirement for non-Turkish citizens. For details, please check the Hayat Eve Sığar page.
• In accordance with the decision of the relevant authorities, passengers arriving at Istanbul Airport (IST), who will undergo quarantine and who are citizens of the Republic of Turkey, will be tested again in Istanbul regardless of the PCR test results they present. It is stated by the relevant authorities that the test fee will be covered by the passenger. Passengers will be quarantined at their residential address if the test result is negative and passengers with positive test results will be quarantined by traveling to their place of residence by private vehicles (no traveling with public transport, plane, and bus is allowed) if their residence address out of Istanbul.