Flat-rate mask requirement on EU flights abolished – regulation now a matter for the federal states
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Stand: 16.05.2022
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Source: dpa/Sebastian Gollnow
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There are no further corona measures across Europe – in airplanes, sometimes also in local transport. When it comes to air travel, the EU leaves the decision to its member states. For Germany, this means that the previous regulations will remain in place.
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EEurope is loosening up: Various corona restrictions were lifted on Monday in European travel as well as in Austria and France. According to a recommendation by the EU authorities, wearing a mask on planes and at airports is no longer automatically mandatory across Europe; the decision lies with the individual member countries.
The EU recommendation to the 27 member countries, which has been in force since Monday, does not mean that the obligation to wear masks in air traffic is automatically abolished throughout Europe. Rather, it continues to exist where the national corona rules provide for the wearing of the mask on public transport. This is the case in Germany, for example. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the mask requirement should initially be retained on all flights that take off or land in Germany.
Austria is also sticking to the mask requirement in air traffic for the time being – but all corona-related entry restrictions have now been abolished. To the delight of the important tourism industry in the Alpine republic, 3G proof (vaccinated, recovered, tested) is no longer necessary. This means that for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, holidaymakers, returnees and other visitors from all over the world can enter Austria again without restrictions.
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