Border crossing points will be offering rapid testing for anyone arriving in Estonia
As of Monday 19 July, anyone crossing the Estonian border will be able to select from a range of coronavirus detection tests. In addition to the PCR test which has been used so far, a rapid antigen test will also become available, with a sample being collected by means of nasopharyngeal swabs and with the…
Government changed the rules of self-isolation and testing upon arrival in Estonia
At a cabinet meeting, the government approved amendments to orders regulating the requirements for self-isolation and testing valid upon arrival in Estonia based on the recommendations of the European Union. As of Monday, it is allowed to arrive in Estonia without restrictions from European countries with a two-week infection rate of up to 75 cases…
Foreigners arriving in Estonia from third countries will be required to take a coronavirus test
The Government approved an order pursuant to which foreigners from countries with a high risk of infection outside the European Union can enter Estonia only if they take a coronavirus test before arriving in Estonia and the result is negative. Pursuant to the order, a coronavirus test must be taken before arrival in Estonia in…
About the EU COVID digital certificate and formalities relating to travelling
We gathered the most frequently asked questions and asked Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission, and Raavo Järva, Head of the Tallinn border crossing point of the Police and Border Guard Board, to help us out in responding to them. Henrik Hololei, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility…
In June, the number of travellers at the Tallinn Airport was the greatest since the outbreak of the corona pandemic
97,912 passengers passed through the Tallinn Airport in June, which is the largest number of passengers served in one month since the beginning of the corona pandemic, exceeding the level for June last year by almost four times while the number of passengers almost doubled compared to the month before. The Chief Commercial Officer of…
SWISS to launch Tallinn–Zurich route
Today, the flag carrier of Switzerland, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), started to fly directly between Tallinn and Zurich. For the time being, the flights are scheduled to operate twice a week (on Fridays and Sundays). According to the Chief Commercial Officer of Tallinn Airport, Eero Pärgmäe, the route and the carrier are both much…
Travelling makes people happy
Sixty-seven per cent of people feel that travelling makes them happy and 36% would take the next flight to the Mediterranean for a holiday, if possible, revealed the omnibus survey conducted by Kantar Emor in early June. Travelling is most conducive to happiness among women aged 35–44 who live in Tallinn, and 36% of all…
Tallinn Airport: travel responsibly and take direct flights
As restrictions are being lifted, airlines are reviving their flight schedules, so it will be possible to fly to 26 destinations directly and to 14 destinations by charter flights rom Tallinn Airport during the summer. In addition to the 22 direct flight destination currently in the flight schedule, routes to Brussels, Rome and Zürich, and…
As at June 7, we have 22 international routes open from Tallinn Airport
Flights can be taken to the following destinations: Amsterdam (airBaltic) Athens (Aegean) Berlin (Ryanair) Dublin (Ryanair) Frankfurt (Lufthansa) Kharkiv (Wizz Air) Helsinki (Finnair , Diamond Sky) Istanbul (Turkish Airlines) Kiev (Wizz Air) Copenhagen (airBaltic) London (airBaltic, Ryanair) Malaga (airBaltic) Milan (Ryanair) Munich (airBaltic) Nice (airBaltic) Oslo (airBaltic) Paphos (Ryanair) Paris (airBaltic) Riga (airBaltic) Stockholm (SAS) Warsaw…