VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Lao Airlines is suspending all charter flights to and from other countries to reduce the risk of a second wave of Covid-19 triggered by inbound travellers.
According to Lao Airlines, the last charter flight on the Laos-South Korea route left on Sunday, while the latest humanitarian flight bringing back Lao workers from overseas took place on Dec 13.
Anyone entering Laos on a humanitarian flight must have all the necessary documents and spend 14 days at a designated quarantine centre.
“We are suspending all charter flights based on an order from the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, ” the Director of Lao Airlines’ Commercial Department, Noudeng Chanthaphasouk, said.