International flights will resume on August 5 with set rules

International flights will resume on August 5 with set rules

AMMAN “” International flights will resume on August 5 and airports are ready to receive international passengers, according to Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) Chief Commissioner Captain Haitham Misto.

Transport Minister Khaled Saif announced on Sunday that the government is attempting to start flights with 22 countries in the green zone in regard to COVID-19, with ongoing diplomatic discussion between the Foreign Ministry and those countries to start in-bound and out-bound flights with them. 

Flights will resume with the list of countries that the Health Ministry categorised as being in the green zone, Misto said in a phone interview with The Jordan Times on Sunday. 

The Health Ministry is the sole entity responsible for the list, and CARC will update the list of green-zone countries every two weeks, based on information received from the ministry, he said.

"Passengers coming to the Kingdom are required to take the PCR test 72 hours prior to their flight to Jordan, and take another test upon arrival," Misto said.

Passengers must also fill a form, in which they write down their residence for the last 14 days in the country they are travelling from, and whether they were in touch with a person who exhibited COVID-19 symptoms or if