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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority has extended travel restrictions for domestic and international flights, while it lifted some flight bans and modified others. According to a CAA press release issued on Sunday, 21. March 2021, only essential domestic flights are allowed for health, commercial, business and family reasons and return to …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has extended restrictions on domestic and international flights until March 16, 2021 and March 22, 2021 respectively According to a CAA announcement issued on Sunday, March 7, the restrictions aim to limit the spread of Covid-19. Domestic Flights Travel restrictions are extended, only essential flights …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority has issued a Notam extending measures to protect airline passengers and the public from Covid-19. The measures include a mandatory three-day quarantine for anyone entering the country. In an announcement, the CAA said that all passengers entering Greece from abroad, including from European Union member-states, between …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended travel restrictions for domestic and international flights until December 7 and December 14, 2020 respectively. In a statement issued on Monday, Nov 30, the CAA said the the extensions aim for the protection of passengers from Covid-19. Domestic flights The air notification (notam) is extended …

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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Greece has extended until November 30 a series of travel restrictions “aiming to protect passengers and citizens from the Covid-19 pandemic,” as noted in a press release issued on November 9, 2020. The air directives (notams) regarding travel restrictions from certain countries and Non-EU …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued instructions for passengers and airlines for domestic and international flights during the period the country is in lockdown. The new airline instructions (notam), for domestic and international flights, which will be valid until Monday, November 30, 2020 and aim to protect passengers and …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority has modified travel restrictions regarding the mandatory negative Covid-19 test after several flights were cancelled due to Air Traffic Controllers strike on October 18th and 19th 2020. At the same time, the CAA increased the weekly number of tourists allowed to arrive in Greece from Israel. …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority issued a directive (notam) demanding a negative Covid-19 test from travellers form Russia. Furthermore, it restricts the number of arrivals from Russia to maximum 500 per week and at the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklio, Crete, only. The directive (notam) fro Russia goes into force …

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Tour operator TUI has extended the suspension of holidays to the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands for UK customers until August 4, and will increase flights to Greece and Turkey this weekend to enable more affected customers to switch their destinations. Britons were less inclined to consider Spanish destinations after …

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Greece confirmed on Monday that it will resume direct flights to/from UK on July 15 and announced it will resume direct flights to/from Sweden on July 22, 2020. At the same time, it said it is considering resuming of flights to/from third countries such as the USA by the end …

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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority issued three aviation directives (notems) regarding the ban of direct flights to/from Serbia, the revision of the flight ban to/from UK and changes about the time travellers must fill the “Passenger Location Form” (PLF) before they arrive in Greece. The Greek government spokesman announced on July …

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The Greek government released a list of countries for which the country’s gates are opening on July 1, 2020, and instructions that travelers to Greece have to follows. The list will be reviewed every fortnight, i.e. every two weeks, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Tuesday evening. Greece is taking …

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At a wide-ranging meeting under Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday, Greece decided that there will be no direct flights from the UK and Sweden until July 15, 2020, state-run news agency amna reports. The decision comes one day before the UK flight ban by the Greek Civil Aviation Authority …

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Two days before the official premier of the re-opening of Greece’s regional airports, the first international flight will land on the island of Kos on Monday, June 29. On board of the special TUI flight from Germany will be 170 doctors and nurses. The trip of the German doctors to …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday evening 15 new coronavirus cases and one more death. The total infections stand at 3,149 and the death toll at 185. Movement restrictive measures and night curfew was imposed to a community in north-eastern Greece. Tests at new arrivals in Athens show just a …

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Greece announced on Friday that it will open all airports, ports and land borders on July 1, 2020 and will lift its flight ban on Italy, Netherlands and Spain on June 15. This was announced during a live press conference held by Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis and Health Minister, Vassilis …

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Initially slated to resume service to Athens in early July from its Chicago hub, American Airlines has announced it will cancel all of July’s flights and resume service to the Greek capital on August 5. In a company statement, American Airlines admitted that although domestic travel is slowly bouncing back …

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Greece ‘s Civil Aviation Authority has extended on Monday, June 1, the ban on flights from seven countries as well as on the entry of non-European citizens, At the same time, it also extended the obligatory quarantine for travelers entering Greece for the month of June. Quarantine The measure of …

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Greece ‘s Tourism Minister, Haris Theoharis clarified the terms according to which foreign nationals will fly to the country as of June 15, 2020. Greek authorities focus on the departure airports and not the nationality of the travelers, he said on Sunday. list refers only to countries or to nationalities …

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Greece ‘s Foreign Ministry has issued classifications regarding the gradual lifting of restrictions for international flights, the opening of land borders and arrivals by sea as of June 15. The Ministry in a form of roadmap informs about the three phases May 30 – June 15, June 15-June 30 and …

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