Current flight information
All passengers aged six years and older who wish to enter Germany on flights from risk and non-risk areas must present a negative Covid 19 test at the time of departure. Without negative test proof, you cannot be carried. This was decided by the German government. This rule also applies to all passengers with a connecting flight in Frankfurt or Munich.
Capacities at international airports may be limited. We recommend that you find out today about testing options available for you at your departure point and ask you to allow sufficient time for your test. Antigen, PCR, LAMP and TMA tests performed at certified testing sites are accepted. The certificates are accepted in German, English or French and must also be presented by passengers vaccinated against Corona. Self-tests are excluded and not valid. The test must be done no more than 48 hours before arrival in Germany.
An exception applies only to guests with a domestic flight connection without a prior international flight to Germany.
We will inform you about further developments here on lufthansa.com. If you have entered your contact details in the booking, we will also notify you directly by e-mail. You are welcome to add your data at any time under "My bookings".
The German Ministry of Health also provides information on compulsory testing.
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:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia (as of 18.04.2021), Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia , Lebanon, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Palestinian Territories, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Sweden, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Czech Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates (up and including 17.04.2021), Cyprus
Virus variant areas:
Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Lufthansa is currently only allowed to carry the following booked passengers on departures (or travel commencements) from the countries of the High Incidence areas
- All passengers (aged six and older) with final destination in Germany must present a negative test result (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) at the time of departure that is not older than 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of entry into Germany and complete an online registration on the site www.einreiseanmeldung.de
- All passengers (from the age of 6 years) 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, which is not older than 48 hours before the planned time of entry into Germany
- 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
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).
- Passengers of other nationalities but only if they have a connecting flight to a Non-Schengen state (exception: China) and do not leave the transit area in Frankfurt or Munich
- All passengers (aged six years and older) mentioned in the two points above must present a negative test result (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) at the time of departure, which is not older than 48 hours before the scheduled time of entry in Germany and complete an online registration on the site www.einreiseanmeldung.de (also valid for passenger with a connecting flight)
- 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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