1.3.2.1.1 Passengers remaining in the transit area of an international airport shall carry at all times a valid travel document (passport, transit permit etc.). Visas will not be required, unless otherwise decided by respective Czech authorities. Passengers are obliged to comply with safety regulations.

1.3.2.1.2 Passengers intending to leave the transit area of an international airport shall possess a valid travel document and valid visa issued by a Czech Consulate abroad, if a visa is required for the entry to the Czech Republic. In specified cases the visa may be issued by the Czech immigration control officers at international airports and at the border crossing points (see AD).

1.3.2.1.3 Passengers shall provide on request their appropriate identification on buying air tickets and before embarkation.

1.3.2.1.4 Passengers must hand over to the air carrier all articles which could endanger the safety of flight before embarkation, namely arms, explosives, ammunition, corrosives, and must comply with the inspection measures of the carrier or officers of the airport security control, aimed at verification that the above stated articles are not transported. The carrier decides in accordance with its security procedures whether these articles can be transported.

1.3.2.1.5 Every airline operating flights to/from the Czech Republic is obliged to inform their handling agent on an airport in the CR by means of PSM about all guns (hunting, sporting or personal) which passengers bring in their registered luggage including “limited released” bags.

1.3.2.2.1 Flight crew members shall possess valid travel documents. If so determined in an international agreement concluded by the Czech Republic, the licence or certificate of a flight crew member shall be accepted as a valid travel document. No visas are required from airline flight crew members. This also applies to flight crew members arriving at an international airport by another aircraft for the purpose of joining an aircraft crew.

1.3.2.2.2 In the case of humanitarian, ambulance and taxi flights, it is further required:

1. The pilot-in-command of foreign civil aircraft is obliged, apart from the requirements contained in GEN 1.4 para 1.1 and GEN 1.4 para 1.2, to present to the immigration and customs officers on arrival/departure at/from the Czech territory a list of all persons aboard, their names, addresses and passport numbers. Such a list shall also be presented to the airport security control officers on arrival or departure of the aircraft on flights between airports within the territory of the Czech Republic.

2. The aircraft crew and passengers are obliged to pass on arrival/departure through the area destined for clearance of passengers on international or domestic flights, and to comply with the prescribed clearance procedures.

1.3.3.1.1 The International Vaccination Certificate is generally not required from passengers and crew members coming from abroad, provided there is no epidemic in the area concerned. In special circumstances the health officials can, among other things, require that an International Vaccination Certificate duly completed in accordance with current standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), be produced. If passengers and crew members cannot present a vaccination certificate, they must undergo a vaccination at the airport. During the incubation period, they are under enhanced medical supervision. If passengers or crew members refuse a vaccination, then entry or transit may, depending on the epidemic situation, not be allowed, or quarantine may be imposed on them during the incubation period, or, exceptionally, they may become subject to enhanced medical supervision in conformity with Regulation of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic No.48/1991 Coll, as amended by public notice No.527/1991 Coll.

1.3.3.2.1 Czech citizens are obliged, prior to the voyage, for which a vaccination is required by international health regulations, to undergo a vaccination not only against cholera, plague and yellow fever but also against other contagious diseases specified by the Chief Hygienist of the Czech Republic. On departure, there are no other specific health procedures prescribed, unless there are extraordinary circumstances due to an epidemic situation. In case of such a situation, Czech citizens may, among other things, be required to present an International Vaccination Certificate and foreign nationals will be on request vaccinated at the airport by the Medical Supervision of the state boundaries.