Bahrain has changed its red list from where travellers are suspended from entering the kingdom.
Bahrain has removed India, Pakistan, the Dominican Republic and Panama from its red list for travel.
It has also added several destinations to the list that prohibits entry. These include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia and Slovenia.
This means entry is prohibited to anyone flying to the kingdom from these destinations. However, some exemptions are in place for citizens and residency holders.
Bahrain's Civil Aviation Affairs has updated the country's travel red list in line with government directives. The expansion means there are now 26 destinations on the list from where travel is suspended.
Passengers arriving from, or who have transited through, any of the destinations on the red list in the preceding 14 days cannot enter Bahrain, unless they are Bahraini residents or GCC citizens.
All of the destinations on Bahrain’s red list
1. Georgia
2. Ukraine
3. Malawi
4. Mozambique
5. Myanmar
6. Zimbabwe
7. Mongolia
8. Namibia
9. Mexico
10. Tunisia
11. Iran
12. South Africa
13. Indonesia
14. Iraq
15. Philippines
16. Ethiopia
17. Malaysia
18. Uganda
19. Costa Rica
20. Bosnia and Herzegovina
21. Slovenia
22. Sri Lanka
23. Bangladesh
24. Nepal
25. Vietnam
26. Ecuador
Bahrain has recently had its own red list ranking from UK authorities upgraded.
Along with the UAE, Qatar and India, the kingdom was moved to the UK’s amber list on August 8, meaning that travellers flying from Bahrain to Britain no longer need to quarantine in a hotel.
Self-quarantine is still necessary for 10 days for most travellers from Bahrain, as the UK does not currently recognise vaccines issued outside of the UK, Europe and the US.
Passengers flying to and staying in England can use the government’s test-to-release system to end their quarantine after receiving a negative result from an additional PCR test taken on day five.
Gulf Air resumes double daily flights to London Heathrow
To coincide with Bahrain’s move to the UK's amber list, Gulf Air – the national airline of the kingdom – resumed direct flights from Manama to London Heathrow. The airline has been flying to the UK capital for more than 50 years.
Commenting on restoring double daily passenger flights to London, Gulf Air’s acting chief executive Capt Waleed Al Alwai said: “London is one of our main destinations in western Europe and we’ve been connecting both kingdoms since 1970. It has also been a destination that we maintained scheduled operations to throughout 2020.
“Gulf Air is known for its morning and night flights to and from London and we’re happy to bring these back to offer more flexibility and convenience to our passengers.”
