New Notam for domestic flights, as the age limit for underage passengers is changed regarding the obligation to present a negative self test for boarding.
THE Civil Aviation Service (CAA) announces to the passenger public the change, which is already in force from today Tuesday 14 September 2021, at the age limit for underage passengers regarding the obligation to submit a negative self test 24 hours before the scheduled flight time.
Compared to the pre-existing airline directive for domestic flights to all destinations in the country, the difference is that minors who are required to take a self test are defined from the age of four (4) years to eleven (11) years, instead of five (5) years to eleven (11) years who were in the previous notam.
The new health protocols for air travel are valid from Monday, September 13, 2021. In particular, the notam for domestic air travel in Greece provides the following.
Passengers aged 12 and over to all destinations in the country must meet one of the following conditions:
- Have completed at least fourteen (14) days of vaccination for COVID-19 coronavirus 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 administered and the number of doses.
- Demonstrate a disease certificate issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and its validity lasts up to one hundred and eighty (180) days after it.
- Domestic flight passengers who have not been vaccinated to board an airplane must have been diagnosed with a COVID-19 rapid test within forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled flight time.
Minors from four (4) to eleven (11) years old 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 by 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.
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