Current flight information
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, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Hungary (as of 07.03.2021), Iran, Israel, Jordan (as of 07.03.2021), Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Palestinian Territories, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Sudan, St. Lucia, Syria, Sweden (as of 07.03.2021), United Arab Emirates
Virus variant areas:
Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, Ireland, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Portugal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Tyrol (State in Austria), Departement „Moselle“ in France (as of 02.03.2021)
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 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 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 (Exceptions are journeys started in Portugal and in Slovakia - here no passengers of other nationalities with connecting flights in Schengen- or Non-Schengen-states are generally permitted)
- All passengers 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 (from Portugal and Slovakia generally with a connecting flight) are requested to rebook their flights either via My bookings or via a Lufthansa Service Center.
Information concerning mandatory testing
Passengers who are subject to mandatory testing as mentioned above must present a negative test result at departure on paper or in an electronic document in English, French or German. The test on which the result is based must have been taken no more than 48 hours before the planned entry in Germany. The underlying test (PCR, antigen, RT-LAMP or TMA) must meet the requirements of the Robert Koch Institute (https://www.rki.de/tests). Passengers are requested to contact the Federal Police directly for further inquiries.
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.

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