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29/06/2022

London Heathrow terminal changes effective 12 July

Dear customers,

As part of a planned Heathrow terminal move with our airline partners, all British Airways long-haul flights and more than half of our short-haul flights that currently operate out of Terminal 3 will be moving to Terminal 5 from 12 July.

American Airlines and Iberia services will temporarily operate in and out of Heathrow Terminal 3.

The moves will help increase British Airways’ operational resiliency for our flying program and improve the connecting flight experience for our customers.

British Airways is proactively letting customers know about the changes. It’s recommended they check their bookings on ba.com prior to travel.

We thank you for your business and look forward to welcoming you on board soon.

Warm Regards,

British Airways

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15/03/2022

05/12/2021

Red list of countries and territories & Rules for returning to the U.K.
Check the COVID-19 testing and quarantine rules for countries and territories on the red list for international travel to England.

From:
Department for Transport and Department of Health and Social Care
Published
4 October 2021
Last updated
4 December 2021 — See all updates
Applies to England
Guidance for Wales
Guidance for Scotland
Guidance for Northern Ireland
Contents
Red list of countries and territories
Before you travel to England – red list rules
When you arrive in England – red list rules
Travelling with children – red list rules
Transiting through a red list country on your way to England
Medical, compassionate and work-related exemptions
Stay up to date
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This page tells you what you must do before you travel to England and after you arrive, if you have been in a red list country or territory in the 10 days before you arrive.

If you have been in a country or territory on the red list in the 10 days before you arrive in England, you will only be allowed to enter the UK if you either:

are a British or Irish National
have residence rights in the UK
If you live in England, you should not travel to countries or territories on the red list.

There are different rules for entering England if you have not been in a red list country or territory.

Red list of countries and territories
Red list Upcoming changes to the red list
Angola
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria Will be added to red list at 4am Monday 6 December. If you arrive in England after then, you must follow red list rules.
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Before you travel to England – red list rules
Before you travel to England you must:

take a COVID-19 test – you must take the test in the 3 days before you travel to England
book a quarantine hotel package, including 2 COVID-19 tests
complete a passenger locator form
You must do this even if you are fully vaccinated.

Read more about taking a COVID-19 test before you travel to England.

When you arrive in England – red list rules
When you arrive in England you must quarantine in a managed hotel, and take 2 COVID-19 tests.

You must do this even if you are fully vaccinated.

Travelling with children – red list rules
Children aged 11 to 17 must take a COVID-19 test in the 3 days before travel to England.

On arrival in England children aged 5 to 17 must quarantine in a managed hotel for 10 full days and take 2 COVID-19 tests.

Children aged 4 or under do not have to take any travel tests but must enter managed quarantine.

Transiting through a red list country on your way to England
If you make a transit stop in a red list country on your way to England, you may need to follow the red list rules when you arrive.

A transit stop is a stop where passengers can get on or off the transport in which you are travelling. It can apply to ships, trains or aeroplanes.

Whether you need to follow red list rules as a result of your transit stop in a red list country depends on what happens during the stop.

Air passengers
You need to follow red list rules when you arrive in England if you pass border control at the airport during your transit stop.

Ship passengers
You need to follow red list rules when you arrive in England if, during your transit stop, either:

you disembark from the ship
other passengers disembark then re-board the ship
new passengers get onto the ship
Train passengers
You need to follow red list rules when you arrive in England if you get off the train in a red list country, for example to switch trains.

Private vehicles or coaches travelling through red list countries or territories
If you are travelling to England in a private vehicle, the rules of the countries and territories you drive through apply. If you drive through a red list country, then you must follow the red list rules when you arrive in England.

This applies whether you stop in the country or territory or not. You need to record the countries and territories you drive through on your passenger locator form.

Medical, compassionate and work-related exemptions
Some people are exempt from red list restrictions for medical or compassionate reasons, or because of the job they do.

Read about:

exemptions from managed quarantine for medical or compassionate reasons
work-related exemptions
Stay up to date
The risk posed by individual countries and territories is monitored continuously and the red list is reviewed every 3 weeks. Countries and territories can be added to the list or taken off it more frequently if conditions change.

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Published 4 October 2021
Last updated 4 December 2021 + show all updates

23/10/2021

COVID19 rules as from the 24th of October before you travel to
England from another country (except RED LIST countries) during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Check what COVID-19 tests you need to take and the quarantine rules for travel to England.
If you are fully vaccinated
This is what you need to do if you qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.
Before you travel to England – fully vaccinated
Before you travel to England you must:
* book and pay for a COVID-19 test – to be taken before the end of day 2 in England
* complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
From 24 October you can use either a lateral flow test or a PCR test. You can book these from 22 October.
You will need to enter your COVID-19 test booking reference number on your passenger locator form.
If you will be in England for less than 2 days you still need to book and pay for a day 2 COVID-19 test.
When you arrive in England – fully vaccinated
After you arrive in England you must take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2. The day you arrive is day 0.
You must book this test before you travel.
If the test result is positive – lateral flow test
If you booked a lateral flow test and the result is positive, you must take a PCR test to confirm the result. You must self-isolate until you get the result of the PCR test.
If the PCR test result is positive, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day you took the lateral flow test is day 0. Members of your household may also be asked to self-isolate.
If the test result is positive – PCR test
If you booked a PCR test and the result is positive, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day of the test is day 0. Members of your household may also be asked to self-isolate.
Check if you qualify as fully vaccinated
Fully vaccinated means that you have had a complete course of an approved vaccine at least 14 days before you arrive in England. The day you had your final dose does not count as one of the 14 days.
The vaccine must be administered under either:
* the UK vaccination programme
* an overseas vaccination programme with an approved proof of vaccination for travel to the UK
Check which vaccines are approved and the list of countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination.
Even if you are not fully vaccinated, the fully vaccinated rules apply if you are:
* under 18 and resident in the UK or a country or territory which has approved proof of vaccination
* taking part in an approved COVID-19 vaccine trial in the UK or the USA (US residents only for USA trials)
* unable to have a COVID-19 vaccination for a medical reason which has been approved by a clinician under the medical exemptions process, and you are resident in England
Read about applying for a medical exemption from vaccination using the NHS COVID Pass if you live in England.
Proving your vaccination status
If you are fully vaccinated under the UK vaccination programme, you can prove your vaccination status using either:
* NHS COVID Pass for England and Wales
* NHS Scotland COVID Status app
* COVIDCert NI in Northern Ireland
Paper certificates are also available.
There are different ways to prove your vaccination status if you were vaccinated outside of the UK.
Check what proof is required for the country or territory where you were vaccinated.
If you cannot prove that you qualify under the fully vaccinated rules, you must follow the rules for people who are not fully vaccinated.
If you are not fully vaccinated
This is what you need to do if you do not qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.
Check this section of this guidance to see if you qualify as fully vaccinated.
Before you travel to England – not fully vaccinated
Before you travel to England you must:
* take a COVID-19 test – to be taken in the 3 days before you travel to England
* book and pay for day 2 and day 8 COVID-19 PCR tests – to be taken after arrival in England
* complete a passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England
Read more about taking a COVID-19 test before you travel to England.
When you arrive in England – not fully vaccinated
After you arrive in England you must:
* quarantine at home or in the place you are staying for 10 full days
* take your COVID-19 PCR tests – you must book these tests before you travel
You must take the first test on or before day 2 and the second test on or after day 8. The day you arrive is day 0. If your day 2 test is positive you do not have to take a day 8 test.
If you are in England for less than 10 days, you need to quarantine for the time you are here. You need to book day 2 and day 8 PCR tests. You only need to take the tests if you are still in England on those days.
If the test result is positive
If you test positive on your day 2 or day 8 test, you must self-isolate for 10 full days. The day you took the test is day 0.
Members of your household may also be asked to self-isolate.
Test to Release scheme
If you need to quarantine, you may be able to end quarantine early if you pay for a private COVID-19 test through the Test to Release scheme.
Travelling with children
The rules for children depend on age and country of residence.
Children resident in the UK or in a country with an approved proof of vaccination
Children of all ages who are resident in the UK, or in a country with an approved proof of vaccination, do not have to quarantine on arrival in England. This applies whether the child is vaccinated or not.
If they are aged 4 and under they do not have to take any COVID-19 travel tests.
5 to 17-year-olds:
* do not have to take a COVID-19 test before traveling to England
* must take a test on or before day 2 – arrival day is day 0
Check the list of countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination.
Children resident in other countries
Children aged 5 to 17 who are resident in any country that is not on the approved proof of vaccination list must:
* take a COVID-19 test (if aged 11 or above) before traveling to England
* take a COVID-19 test on or before day 2 in England – arrival day is day 0
* take a COVID-19 test on or after day 8 in England – arrival day is day 0
* quarantine at home or in the place they’re staying for 10 full days, or for the duration of their stay if it’s less than 10 days
Children aged 4 or under from these other countries do not have to take travel tests.
They must follow quarantine rules. Test to release is an option to reduce the quarantine period

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