Appreciate the response Nounce
[QUOTE=Nounce;2484553]It is how they phrased the announcement that is confusing. For example, foreigners are not the same as tourists. The international flight resume this month, that is clear. They also said something like tourists will be allowed in October. Does that mean tourists are not allowed in September? I don't have the links. I am just describing why it is confusing.[/QUOTE]I appreciate that, Nounce. I am booked for the 23rd on Spirit to Bogota from FLL and later on Viva to Medellin from Miami that same day. They were both around $150 and I booked the Spirit ticket just two days ago, and it let me book it from FLL but not other cities. The CTG flights were in the $400+ range, so I passed on them even though it seems CTG seems the most receptive to international flights right now.
One of my chicas wanted to go from Barranquilla to Medellin. She was scared of my booking her on Viva air due to frequent cancellations but it was the cheapest and only direct flight to MDE (there was one to EOH? In Medellin), and she got on the plane and to MDE no problem. That tells me the airports are functional now.
This form needs to be filled out prior to going: [URL]https://apps.migracioncolombia.gov.co/pre-registro/public/preregistro.jsf[/URL].
I tried to fill out but I could not as of yet. Maybe I can tomorrow and say I am on the Spirit flight to CTG that is leaving on the 19th and see if there really is a move to block those of us not engaging in "essential travel". I have not seen that anywhere though, and I seriously doubt that such an order is in effect.
On the Medellin guru site post here,[URL]https://medellinguru.com/international-flights/[/URL] this is what I read, Colombia plans to resume international flights to Colombia starting in September with flights planed to resume over a period of three months starting with a pilot in September and a return to "normalization" with tourists in November.
I take that to mean Colombian officials do not expect a lot of tourists given how few flights there are not that tourists are banned from going. We shall see.
[QUOTE=Nounce;2484553]Land border is already opened for residents.[/QUOTE]So if I make it in, should I expect a flood of Vennies? Very nice!