Commercial Relief Flight Approved for May 22, 2020

U.S. Embassy Georgetown, Guyana 

May 20, 2020

Location:  Guyana

Event:  The U.S. Embassy continues to monitor the current situation in Guyana with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic.  We are aware of the hardship land and airspace border closures have created for U.S. citizens who need to return to the United States after Guyana closed its airspace to commercial flights on March 18th. The closure has been extended twice and is set to expire on June 3rd.  To date we have requested special permission from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority to operate service for six commercial relief flights to transport Americans and their families’ home.

Permission was granted for the seventh commercial relief flight operated by Eastern Airlines with direct service from Georgetown to Miami, Friday May 22, 2020 departing at 16:30.  This flight is open only to U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, and third country nationals with a valid visa or ESTA for transit.   Tickets will be available to purchase on the Eastern website at www.goeasternair.com

If you have interest in taking this relief flight please complete this online form (copy hyperlink and open in Chrome browser) if you haven’t done so already.

The Embassy will continue to post updated health, security and travel information through this travel alert system and on the U.S. Embassy Facebook page, as soon as we have further updates.  

You can reach us at the email box: acsgeorge@state.gov to request assistance with emergency passports or at guyanaevac@state.gov if you have special financial concerns with the cost of repatriation. 

The U.S. Embassy in Guyana regularly updates the COVID-19 country specific information sheet you can find here.