Bahamas closes again to flights from the US

[Ministryofgiraffes]

Edited after correction.

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

Not that I would do it, but are they banning US citizens or if one were let’s say to fly from US through Toronto.... or Catalonia through UK... would they be allowed an entrance? Kind of defeats the purpose if that is the case.

You are allowed to transit through Canada - as long as you do not pass through customs and formally enter Canada.

US citizens on vacation can not currently enter Canada.

So as long as your inbound and outbound flights are in the same terminal you may be able to transit via Canada.

COVID-19: Guidance material for air operators managing travellers during the check-in procedure at transborder (U.S.) airports

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

You are allowed to transit through Canada - as long as you do not pass through customs and formally enter Canada.

I do not believe you are allowed to transit through Canada from the US on the way to the Bahamas. You would likely encounter 1 of 3 scenarios:

1) they don’t let you on the plane in the US as the Bahamas is your final destination ( they may if you have booked 2 separate tickets though with a different airline for the toronto/Bahamas leg)
2) they don’t let you on the plane in Toronto as your final destination Is Bahamas
3) they don’t let you into the Bahamas and put you back on the return flight to toronto.

I suspect even getting to ‘3’ would take a Pinocchio level of ‘pants on fire-ery’ of lying..

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

Correction...you may be able to if your flight from the US lands over 2 weeks before you board your flight to the Bahamas and you spend that 2 weeks in transit...in the airport...possibly in a bathroom stall..

although I believe the guidelines of allowed transit times within airports, due in the pandemic are less than 2 weeks...

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

Correction...you may be able to if your flight from the US lands over 2 weeks before you board your flight to the Bahamas and you spend that 2 weeks in transit...in the airport...possibly in a bathroom stall..

although I believe the guidelines of allowed transit times within airports, due in the pandemic are less than 2 weeks...

The link I posted has specific instructions for in transit passengers. I summarized them.

No need for 14 day quarantine as in transit US citizen tourists are not allowed to enter Canada. Canada's quarantine rules only apply to people who are allowed into the country.

I have no idea how Canadian airports control in transit connections. I believe the arriving flight and the next flight both must be international flights: you could not arrive in Toronto, fly to Vancouver and then take an international flight out of the country.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

The link I posted has specific instructions for in transit passengers. I summarized them.

No need for 14 day quarantine as in transit US citizen tourists are not allowed to enter Canada. Canada's quarantine rules only apply to people who are allowed into the country.

I have no idea how Canadian airports control in transit connections. I believe the arriving flight and the next flight both must be international flights: you could not arrive in Toronto, fly to Vancouver and then take an international flight out of the country.

All correct points, but the poster was specifically posting/hypothesizing on using Toronto or London as a transit point for the ‘Bahamas’ as someone coming from ‘America’. I felt it pertinent to hilight that your statement is generally correct, but not in his instance.

...and if he were not to complete a 14 day quarantine in an approved country outside of the US, he would not be able to enter the Bahamas.

you cannot use any airport successfully as a transit hub if you will be denied entry at your final destination.

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

All correct points, but the poster was specifically posting/hypothesizing on using Toronto or London as a transit point for the ‘Bahamas’ as someone coming from ‘America’. I felt it pertinent to hilight that your statement is generally correct, but not in his instance.

...and if he were not to complete a 14 day quarantine in an approved country outside of the US, he would not be able to enter the Bahamas.

you cannot use any airport successfully as a transit hub if you will be denied entry at your final destination.

Are the Bahamas (like Canada) excluding US residents? I thought they were just shutting down direct flights from the US.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

Are the Bahamas (like Canada) excluding US residents? I thought they were just shutting down direct flights from the US.

No, they are not excluding US residents, but they are excluding people who have been in the US within the last 14 days as far as I am aware. Although that should be clarified.

But I don’t think anyone is actually excluding US residents just for being US residents/Citizens..(North Korea/Iran/my granny’s neighbour who got knocked up by a GI who disappeared etc excluded)

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

No, they are not excluding US residents, but they are excluding people who have been in the US within the last 14 days as far as I am aware. Although that should be clarified.

But I don’t think anyone is actually excluding US residents just for being US residents/Citizens..(North Korea/Iran etc excluded)

Interesting. Do you have a source for that? The news release had very different requirements.

 

[Ministryofgiraffes]

Interesting. Do you have a source for that? The news release had very different requirements.

not published yet, on the ground in Nassau with Air Canada.