THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TO AND FROM SAUDI ARABIA WAS LAUNCHED AUTHORITIES SAY AIRPORTS ARE READY FOR THOSE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO SAUDI ARABIA UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCESTHE FIRST PLANE FLY; AUTHORITIES SAY AIRPORTS ARE READY FOR THOSE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO SAUDI ARABIA UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

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THE FIRST PLANE FLY; AUTHORITIES SAY AIRPORTS ARE READY FOR THOSE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO SAUDI ARABIA UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

JEDDAH: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TO AND FROM SAUDI ARABIA WAS LAUNCHED THIS MORNING (TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15), ACCORDING TO THE SAUDI CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT.  CIVIL AVIATION SAID ALL AIRPORTS IN SAUDI ARABIA WERE SET UP TO RECEIVE PASSPORTS WITH THE HELP OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  NON-SAUDIS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY ONLY ON PRESENTATION OF AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CORONA.  THE TEST RESULT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ARRIVAL AT THE SAUDI AIRPORT IN MUMBAI.

AT THE SAME TIME, FOREIGNERS ARRIVING IN SAUDI ARABIA ARE REQUIRED TO GO ON A THREE-DAY COMPULSORY HOME QUARANTINE, THE CIVIL AVIATION STATEMENT SAID. CIVIL AVIATION SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT IT WOULD ANNOUNCE A FULL RESUMPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS A MONTH BEFORE JANUARY 1.

FROM TODAY, FOREIGNERS WITH RE-ENTRY, WORK VISAS, VISIT VISAS AND RESIDENCE VISAS WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO SAUDI ARABIA, ACCORDING TO A CIRCULAR ISSUED BY CIVIL AVIATION FOR AIRLINES. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CIRCULAR STATES THAT THIS WILL NOT APPLY TO COUNTRIES WHERE THE CORONA EXPANSION HAS BEEN SEVERELY CURTAILED, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SAUDI CORONA REVIEW COMMITTEE. IT IS HOPED THAT IN THE COMING HOURS IT WILL BE CLEAR WHICH COUNTRIES WILL BE EXCLUDED.