(NC) If your holiday plans include essential travel, the experience will look a little different than the last time you flew. Here are things you need to know before you go:
Face coverings required
At some airports you need to be wearing a face covering to even enter the building, and at all airports you need to wear one to go through the security screening checkpoint.
Temperature checks at security
If you’re flying out of one of Canada’s 15 largest airports, you’ll also go through temperature screening at the entrance to the checkpoint. You will not be permitted to proceed through screening if your temperature, after two separate tests, is at or above 38°C.
The same holds true if you’re showing any of the common COVID-19 symptoms (such as a fever or cough), so it’s important to stay home and rebook your flight if you’re sick.
New normal, old rules
Some travel tips stay the same, though. Leave any gifts unwrapped in case they need to be inspected during the screening process. Items like snow globes, bath salts, spices and replica weapons must go in checked luggage.
For more information on what’s changed and what hasn’t, check out the Canadian Air Transport Security authority’s website (catsa-acsta.gc.ca), or download their app.
