The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announces to the passenger public the change in the validity period of the certificate / certification of illness that is valid from today onwards and for domestic air travel.
Specifically, one of the conditions that passengers must have for domestic flights is amended as follows:
The notam for domestic flights in Greece provides after the last change that travelers must carry a certificate / certificate of illness issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and its validity lasts up to ninety (90) days after him. Especially for the disease certificates issued from 15/7/2021 to 31/10/2021, the aviation directive provides that they remain in force.
In particular, the new domestic flight notam provides:
Passengers to all destinations in the country must meet one of the following conditions:
1) Have completed at least fourteen (14) days before the coronavirus vaccination COVID-19 and demonstrate a vaccination certificate. The European digital certificate COVID-19 (EU DIGITAL COVID-19 CERTIFICATE), is also acceptable. The vaccination certificate includes the name of the person, the type of vaccine given and the number of doses.
2) To demonstrate a disease certificate issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and its validity lasts up to ninety (90) days after it, in accordance with the provisions of current legislation.
3) Domestic flight passengers who have not been vaccinated to board the airplane should have been tested negative for a coronavirus laboratory test. COVID-19 by PCR within the last seventy-two (72) hours before the scheduled flight time or within forty-eight (48) hours by rapid test before the departure of their flight.
Minors from four (4) to seventeen (17) years of age can make their air travel by performing a self-test provided free of charge by the State and carried out up to twenty-four (24) hours before the scheduled flight time .
The above certificates / certificates are displayed either printed from the platforms www.gov.gr and HTTPS://SELF-TESTING.GOV.GR or in digital form with simultaneous identity check of the holder.
In the case of foreigners coming from abroad, they can present the vaccination certificate or the certificate of illness or the negative test, in Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Russian. A prerequisite is that the documents have been issued by a public authority and in accordance with the relevant legislation. If these checks have been carried out abroad and are valid at the time of boarding the aircraft, the relevant certificates are accepted under the same conditions under which they were allowed to enter Greece.
If a passenger does not wear a mask, he is not allowed to board.
At arrivals and departures within airports, as well as during air flights, staff and passengers are required to wear a protective mask. If a passenger does not wear a mask, he is not allowed to board the plane. The verification of travel documents is carried out by the employees of the airlines and by sampling by the police authorities at the airports. Airlines are required to check the traveler before boarding to confirm that he has the necessary documents.
Source: Euro2day