PRETORIA – OR Tambo International Airport management last week appealed to travellers to complete the compulsory health questionnaire before arriving at the airport for domestic air travel, which is permissible in some instances under level 3 of South Africa’s nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.

“Management of OR Tambo International Airport has appealed to passengers to ensure that the required traveller health questionnaire is completed before arrival at the entrance to the domestic terminal,” said the Kempton Park-based airport’s spokesperson, Samukelo Khambule.

She said the airport was facilitating greater numbers of passengers as travel for business purposes gradually recovered after months of hard lockdown that had brought almost all businesses in South Africa to a standstill.

“In recent days we have begun to experience long queues at the terminal entrance points because many passengers have not completed the required health questionnaire. This means that there are increasing numbers of passengers gathering around the entrance, filling in the forms,” Khambule said.

She said providing completed traveller health questionnaires was a requirement before passengers would be allowed into the terminal buildings.

“So far, we have experienced good co-operation from passengers in terms of abiding by the compulsory mask and other regulations, including provision of the necessary business travel documents,” said Khambule.

“We, therefore, appeal to passengers to avoid delays at the entrance by ensuring that they have filled in the forms before they get to the airport.”

The traveller health questionnaire is provided on airline websites when making a flight reservation. It can also be downloaded at the link below on Airports Company South Africa’s (Acsa) website, and except for the signature, it can be completed online.

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