Delta Air Lines Conducts Quarantine-Free Travel from US to Europe

Delta Air Lines conducts the quarantine-free travel from the U.S. to Europe, launching a preflight Covid-19 testing program that will allow some Americans to spend Christmas holiday this year in Europe.

 

On Tuesday (Dec 15, 2020), Delta’s first testing program was launched for passengers flying from Atlanta, USA to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, while the second program flying to Rome, Italy is scheduled to begin on Saturday (Dec 19).    

 

The testing program is exclusively for passengers to avoid quarantine process if they test negative for Covid-19 at varying intervals before and after the flight, including:

 

1. Five days before arriving in Amsterdam or up to 72 hours before departing to Rome (via PCR, or polymerase chain reaction test)

2. Before boarding the flight at Atlanta’s airport (rapid test)

3. Upon landing in Amsterdam (PCR test) and Rome (rapid test)

4. At the airport before returning to the U.S. (rapid test, Rome’s program only)

 

In a press release published on Dec. 15, Delta said “once a negative result is received, customers will not need to quarantine.”, and will available to “all citizens permitted to travel to the Netherlands or Italy for essential reasons, such as for certain specified work, health and education reasons,”