Procedure at Alicante airport

She will need to complete the SpTH form 

If she has been doubled jabbed,  she will need to enter the details of that onto the form

She will go through temperatures scanners, passing by a lot of medical staff on standby and will get has passport stamped, but they’re the only differences. Apparently it has been much quicker getting through than normal. But with more passengers flying in each week, the timescale will probably increase again.

Not sure if she’s getting collected at the airport. If she is, she will need to arrange where she will be met. Unless you have a boarding card, you are not allowed into the airport, as you’re stopped by security at the bridge to the car park.

Lynn

Hi Chris,

    It is a little changed at the airport post covid but pretty straightforward and most of the staff are helpful. Your wife will need to have completed the Spanish Health form and have either the QR code on her phone or a printed copy. That will be checked at the airport in the UK as well as Spain. We travelled last month so the only thing we did not have to do, which is necessary now, is to show any proof of vaccination, which your wife has so that is fine.

  There is a desk at arrivals where she will have to show the QR code and vaccination proof. She will then go past a temperature sensor on the way to picking up her luggage, again that is nothing complicated, she may walk past it without noticing.  If she does have a high temperature she will be stopped but that's unlikely. 

How long to get through the airport after landing? that's hard to say, we took 20 minutes but the airport was pretty deserted. It really depends upon the number of flights but they are still a lot down on normal years so I doubt there will be much of a delay (could be famous last words!).

The other change this year is passport control if you are not residents. After going through the automated passport readers you have to stop and get your passport stamped. On the way out there is another stamp. Neither took us any length of time.

We use a parking company at Alicante airport, the procedure is to ring them once we have our luggage and they bring the car to the departures area. The free waiting time in the car park has changed to 10 minutes, so if you are picking your wife up by car be aware of the change. It is possible to drive around and come back in again, or it was in last month.

Hope it goes well.

Aitch.  

Many Thanks. Very helpful. Chris

Thanks very much. Good to hear about the car park bridge 'barrier' as I always pick her up. Chris

Apologies for jumping on your thread.  How and where can you collect someone arriving in a wheelchair at Alicante airpirt?

We came over from the UK Sunday as long as you have all your documents there is no problem. We were the early flight in though