German tourists brought back because of the corona pandemic should contribute to the return costs with 200 to 1000 euros. This is intended to cover 40 percent of the total cost of the unprecedented campaign of 94 million euros.
The cost sharing of the stranded is graded: For flights from the Canary Islands and North Africa have to be paid 200 euros, for southern Africa and the Caribbean 500 euros are due, returnees from South America and Asia have to pay 600 euros, and those who have been returned from New Zealand and Australia will receive an invoice for 1000 euros.
“With the flat rate solution, the Federal government opted for a transparent and, as far as possible, unbureaucratic solution, which aims to treat all travelers equally, “said the Foreign Office.
Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) had launched the action on March 17, together with tour operators and airlines, after many countries had been affected by the Corona-Pandemie had closed borders at short notice and cut flight connections. A total of around 240,000 travelers were brought back. The tour operators brought back the tourists who had booked with them free of charge.
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For individual tourists and other travelers, the Federal Foreign Office itself chartered machines that completed 260 flights and brought back around 67,000 people from around 65 countries. These people are now asked to checkout. The ticket prices are roughly in the range of cheap economy tickets for the respective regions.
Among the 67,000 passengers are about 56,000 German citizens, 7600 people from other EU countries and 3650 people from countries outside the European Union. Foreign passengers are charged the same costs as Germans.
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