Current flight information
Due to the current situation and in order to give our passengers planning stability, the Lufthansa Group decides to suspend operations in Belarusian airspace up to and including June 20. All Lufthansa flights to and from Minsk are cancelled up to and including this date.
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In case your flight is cancelled, please contact a Lufthansa Service Center or your travel agency to discuss your further travel plans.
Simplified rules now apply for passengers travelling to Germany on an international flight with a connecting flight to a Schengen country. More information on our entry regulation page. This regulation does not apply to passengers from virus variant areas.
According to a decision of the German Federal Government, the following passengers aged six years and older must present proof of vaccination or immunity or a negative Covid 19 test at the time of departure.
- Passengers with a flight from a Non-Schengen country who are entering Germany or have an onward flight to a Schengen country.
- Passengers with a flight from a Schengen country entering Germany or having an onward flight to a Schengen country or Non-Schengen country.
- Test evidence: Antigen, PCR, LAMP and TMA tests performed at certified testing sites are valid. A PCR, LAMP and TMA test must be be taken 72 hours before arrival in Germany, Antigen tests at the earliest 48 hours before arrival in Germany. (Exception: Antigen tests only 24 hours if arriving from virus variant areas).
- Proof of vaccination: Analogue or digital proof of a vaccination series completed more than 14 days ago of a vaccine approved by the Paul Ehrlich Institute (= vaccines approved in the EU) is valid (not valid for virus variant areas).
- Proof of immunity: The proof of recovery (digital or analogue) must be a PCR/LAMP/TMA test proof that is at least 28 days and at most six months old (not valid for virus variant areas).
Certificates are accepted in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, self-tests are not valid.
This applies both to passengers with final destination in Germany, as well as to passengers with a connecting flight in Germany to another destination. Only passengers with a German domestic flight and without a prior international flight to Germany are exempt.
Due to the German Federal Police's instructions, passengers from high-incidence- and virus variant-areas are subject to respect extended travel conditions. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the following countries currently belong to these two areas:
High incidence areas:
Argentina, Bahrain, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia (up to and including 12.06.2021), Iran, Qatar (up to and including 12.06.2021), Kuwait, Malaysia (as of 13.06.2021), Maldives, Mexico (up to and including 12.06.2021), Mongolia (from 13.06.2021), Namibia (from 13.06.2021), Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka (from 13.06.2021), Seychelles, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago
Virus variant areas:
Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uruguay
Lufthansa is currently allowed to carry all booked passengers on departures from or departures to countries in the High Incidence areas under the following conditions:
Valid only for the following passengers:
- Passengers with a flight from a high-incidence Non-Schengen country who are entering Germany or have an onward flight to a Schengen country.
- Passengers with a flight from a high-incidence Schengen country who are entering Germany or have an onward flight to a Schengen country or Non-Schengen country.
- All passengers aged six years or older with final destination in Germany must present a negative test result (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) at the time of departure. The test must not have been carried out more than 72 hours before the planned arrival time in Germany (antigen test only 48 hours). An online registration on the website www.einreiseanmeldung.de is also required. Alternatively, it is also possible to present proof of immunity (digital or analogue PCR/LAMP/TMA test proof that is at least 28 days and no more than six months old) or proof of vaccination (analogue or digital proof of a vaccination series completed more than 14 days ago of a vaccine that has been approved by the German Paul Ehrlich Institute).
- All passengers aged six years or older with a connecting flight in Frankfurt or Munich must present a negative test result (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) at the time of departure. The test must not have been carried out more than 72 hours before the planned arrival time in Germany (antigen test only 48 hours).Alternatively, it is also possible to present proof of immunity (digital or analogue PCR/LAMP/TMA test proof that is at least 28 days and at most six months old) or proof of vaccination (analogue or digital proof of a vaccination series completed more than 14 days ago of a vaccine that has been released by the German Paul Ehrlich Institute).
- All passengers with a connecting flight to a destination outside Germany must observe the entry regulations of the corresponding destination country
Lufthansa is currently only allowed to carry the following booked passengers on departures (or travel commencements) from the countries of the Virus Variant areas:
- Passengers with German nationality or passengers with a valid residence permit in Germany (upon presentation of a German registration certificate). These passengers (aged six years and older) must present a negative test result (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) at the time of departure. The test must not have been carried out more than 72 hours before the planned arrival time in Germany (antigen test only 48 hours). An online registration on the website www.einreiseanmeldung.de is also required. (also valid for passenger with a connecting flight)
- Passengers of other nationalities but only if they have a connecting flight to a Non-Schengen state and do not leave the transit area in Frankfurt or Munich. Excluded from this are:
- Passengers of other nationalities on a flight from Brazil, India or South Africa with a connecting flight to China (this flight routing is not allowed).
- Passengers of other nationalities on a flight from India with a connecting flight to Egypt or Canada (this flight routing is not allowed)
- All guests with final destination in Germany must follow the local German quarantine regulations. Information about this can be found here
- All passengers with a connecting flight to a destination outside Germany must observe the entry regulations of the corresponding destination country in addition to the above-mentioned obligations
Passengers from a country in the Virus Variant area with connecting flights to a Schengen-state are requested to rebook their flights either via My bookings or via a Lufthansa Service Center.
Further information
For more information for passengers from countries that are not exported in above mentioned areas, please click here
For more information on the designation of international risk areas, click here
Entry and/or transit regulations are subject to change on short notice. We advise you, to make yourself familiar with the country-specific regulations along your journey before you start your travels.
More information can be found here.
Due to the complex and restrictive entry regulations of individual European countries, Lufthansa will collect passport / ID card data for all flights from Germany to European Destinations since 06 May 2020.
This will be done via an automated query during check-in. Please have your passport documents or ID cards ready even on intra-European flights.
Travel and corona
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