Travelling to Azerbaijan: The number of commercial flights to and from Baku is close to pre-pandemic levels. There are also a limited number of commercial international flights available to and from other regional airports. Check with your travel agent about routes and availability of tickets, and check Travel Advice for information on transiting other countries.

The use of a medical mask will be required at all times whilst at the airport and on the flight. It is mandatory to keep the mask on at all times except for specific requirements for example at border control, at the request of an airport official or whilst eating. Azerbaijan’s land borders with all neighbouring countries remain closed.

Screening The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has issued a decree that all passengers 1 year old and over travelling to Azerbaijan will require a negative PCR COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours before your flight’s departure to Azerbaijan. Foreign nationals 18 years old and over also require either a ‘COVID-19 passport’, a document confirming full vaccination against COVID-19 or a document showing immunity to COVID-19 in order to enter Azerbaijan.

Entry requirements can change with no notice. You should check with your airline before flying for the most up to date information and to see what documentation they will need.

You should seek to have your test results via email and printed off, or a paper certificate. You may be tested again for COVID-19 and have your temperature checked on arrival into Azerbaijan. You should arrange to take a private test.

Anyone who displays symptoms of COVID-19 on arrival in Azerbaijan will be directed to the medical station at the airport. From there the case will be reported to the Emergency Medical Services.

If you are arriving to Azerbaijan via a third country, you will still be required to produce a negative PCR COVID-19 test certificate on arrival even if your airline does not request one for boarding part of your journey. There is no longer a requirement for arrivals to Azerbaijan to self-isolate.

Demonstrating your COVID-19 status: Azerbaijan will accept the proof of COVID-19 recovery and vaccination record. Your appointment card from vaccination centres is not designed to be used as proof of vaccination and should not be used to demonstrate your vaccine status.

From 15 February 2022, Azerbaijan classifies someone as being vaccinated only if they have had their second vaccination or booster vaccination within the past 6 months. If you can prove you have contracted COVID within the past 6 months that is also acceptable. The detail and application of COVID-19 rules can change at short notice. You should regularly check the latest requirements and ensure you have documentation of full vaccination from either the local medical authorities or your country of residence.

Departure from Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan does not require you to produce a negative COVID-19 test to depart the country. However, you should check any testing requirements of the airlines that you are boarding, the country you are travelling to, as well as any countries you may be transiting to see what testing requirement they may have to enable you to travel. You should seek to have any test results you need to produce to fly received via email and printed off, or a paper certificate.

A list of laboratories testing for Coronavirus can be found on Azerbaijan Airlines’ (AZAL) website.

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