If you require medical clearance to travel, please review our guidelines and submit necessary documentation in advance to ensure a safe and smooth trip.
Airline travel has some unique features which must be considered by passengers with medical conditions to ensure a safe and comfortable flight.
If you are injured or ill and needing to travel, medical clearance may be required. It’s essential that we are advised of your condition prior to travel which allows us to assist in your health, safety, and wellbeing. There are various medical conditions that require clearance with those details outlined in our Travel Medical Clearance Form. Please ensure that the form is filled in and signed off by a registered doctor.
The form must be provided to our team at your earliest convenience prior to your day of travel. A decision will then be made to see if you are eligible to travel.
If you have symptoms within 4 days of travel then it’s advised you do not travel. For those with symptoms 5-21 days from travel ensure your doctor fills out the Medical Clearance Form and has provided the recommended treatment. If you have had DVT in the past you are not required to have medical clearance as long as Solomon Airlines is made aware prior to travel that you have been appropriately medically managed.
If you have been scuba diving within 24 hours then you are not permitted to fly. You do not require a medical clearance after 24 hours unless you have suffered recently from decompression sickness also known as ‘the bends’. Clearance to fly will only be given after seeing a specialist in hyperbaric medicine.
Even if you present with sufficient medical proof from health authorities advising clearance to travel, Solomon Airlines can make an individual assessment and deny boarding. Our team has the right to refuse any individual if we believe you pose a significant risk to the health and safety of customers and crew.
The commercial aircraft cabin is pressurised to a level that is equivalent to being up to 8,000 ft altitude reducing the amount of oxygen available to breathe. Healthy people have no problems at these altitudes but passengers with anemia or heart and lung conditions may be at risk and supplemental oxygen may be required or travel delayed until their condition has improved. Severe or complex cases may need to have altitude simulation studies to ensure their safety during the fligh
