After the discovery of the new Coronavirus variant called Omikron in Europe, there are always irritations where passengers actually have to present corresponding test, vaccination and recovery certificates.
For South Africa, which is classified as a virus variant area, currently only travelers with a German passport are allowed to enter Germany, must immediately be quarantined for 14 days, and they also have to register their entry digitally before they start their journey.
It is basically up to the airlines to systematically check this before departure, as a Lufthansa spokesman confirmed on request on Thursday.
Otherwise it would also be a violation of the otherwise applicable transport ban.
Florian Balke
Culture editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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Anna-Sophia Lang
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Jochen Remmert
Airport editor and correspondent Rhein-Main-Süd.
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The airlines are only allowed to take a citizen from another EU country with them from a virus variant area to the Frankfurt transit area.
However, this is not allowed to enter the country.
He is only allowed to change trains in Frankfurt and fly to his destination country.
But even this only applies, according to the information, if it is certain before departure that he is allowed to enter the country.
If that is not the case, he will not even get on the plane.
Apart from the current restriction to the possibility of entry only for German citizens, for air travelers from virus variant and high-risk areas it is currently always necessary to have a current PCR test, proof of vaccination or recovery is not sufficient.
Leaflet for returning travelers
Regardless of the airlines' obligation to check before the start of the journey, the Federal Police in Frankfurt, for example in the case of the aircraft from South Africa, once again checks after arrival whether the travelers have all the necessary evidence and whether they have properly registered their entry from a virus variant or other high-risk area digitally.
According to a spokesman for the federal police, all returnees will be informed once again with handouts on Thursday that they must immediately go to a fortnightly quarantine at home.
The airport operator Fraport AG supports the controls by, for example, providing control infrastructure that is remote from other passenger routes.
Cultural organizer upset
While the deliberations of the federal and state governments continued on Thursday and seemed to amount to 2 G for culture and leisure, cultural organizers were angry about the state's tightened regulations for indoor events on November 30th.
The Schauspiel Frankfurt takes a break in response.
The Frankfurt health department has agreed to the continuation of game operations on the municipal theaters with a chessboard, 2 G Plus and mask, it says in a message.