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China News Service·Huayu News According to Weicheng reports, a big news hit the screens of major websites early this morning. According to the latest regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration of China on June 4, major airlines are about to resume full flights. ! In other words, the vast number of overseas Chinese no longer have to watch the weekly Air China Eastern Airlines flight!
The latest regulations are as follows:
Foreign airline flights have increased
Starting from June 8, 2020, all foreign airlines that are not included in the "Fifth Period" flight plan can choose a qualified airline within the scope of our company's operating license. Port cities with receiving capacity (the specific list of cities can be found on the Civil Aviation Administration's official website) operate one international passenger route flight every week.
The so-called "Phase 5" flight plan refers to airlines that have continued to fly in the past few months. If there have been no flights in the past few months, these airlines can choose to apply for resumption of flights from June 8. !
Many friends are worried that if all foreign airlines apply to resume flying, will they bring foreign viruses back to China and cause a second outbreak in the country? Then won’t our persistence for several months become meaningless? ! Don’t worry, the country has also considered this and implemented a reward and punishment system for airlines!
Implement flight rewards and circuit breaker measures
The Civil Aviation Administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Health Commission, the General Administration of Customs, the Immigration Bureau, etc. jointly established a special flight mechanism to implement circuit breaker on flights based on the nucleic acid test results of passengers after landing on inbound flights. and incentives.
incentives. If an airline flies on the same route and the number of passengers with positive nucleic acid test results after entry has been zero for three consecutive weeks, it can increase the number of flights by one flight per week within the range specified in the route operation license, up to a maximum of two flights per week.
circuit breaker measures. If the number of passengers on the same airline flight with positive nucleic acid test results after entry reaches 5, the airline's operation of the route will be suspended for one week; if the number of passengers reaches 10, the operation of the company's route will be suspended for four weeks. The "circuit breaker" flight volume cannot be adjusted for other routes. After the "circuit breaker" period is over, airlines can resume one flight per week.
On the premise that the risks are controllable and the ability to receive guarantees is available, we can moderately increase the number of flights to some eligible countries.
Things are getting better now. Countries with proper control can gradually increase the number of flights, while those countries that let themselves go can only hope for the best! The specific regulations of
can be found at the following website:
http://www.caac.gov.cn/XXGK/XXGK/TZTG/202006/t20200604_202928.html
Austrian Airlines restarts its flights
In addition to the gradual lifting of the domestic lockdown, Austrian Airlines also received good news. Starting from June 15, 2020, Austrian Airlines will take off again after nearly 90 days of flight cancellations, and will be in In the first two weeks of resumption of operations, it flew to 37 destinations.
Additional destinations will be added in the coming weeks. Austrian Airlines will also offer long-haul intercontinental flights again once there is sufficient regional traffic on short- and medium-haul routes again, possibly as early as July. In other words, if everything goes well, friends in Austria can return to China as early as July!
And if air traffic resumes, friends in China will be able to fly back to Austria as long as they hold a valid visa. If everything goes well, it will be just in time for the start of school in October!
• Cities where Austrian Airlines will resume flights from June 15, 2020:
Amsterdam, Athens, Basel, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest ( Romania), Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Larnaca, London, Munich, Paris, Pristina, Sarajevo , Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Varna, Zurich.
• Starting from June 22, 2020, Austrian Airlines will add the following destination cities:
Belgrade, Graz, Innsbruck, Kiev, Kosice, Milan, Nice, Prague, Spring lit, warsaw.
The Austrian border is fully unblocked
In addition to the resumption of flights, Austria also announced a big news yesterday. Starting from this Thursday, the Austrian border will be fully unblocked. For Germany, Liechtenstein , Switzerland , Slovakia, Slovenia, Border and health control measures in the Czech Republic and Hungary will be suspended, which means that nationals of these countries can travel freely to and from Austria.
But there is only one exception. Border control in the direction of Italy will continue. Foreign Minister Schallenberg said that the current COVID-19 epidemic data in Italy has not yet reached Austria’s opening standards, so the border cannot be opened for the time being. The next assessment is expected It will be next week, when Italy could consider opening its borders if the situation improves.
Schallenberg also said that it is currently difficult to open to countries such as Sweden , the United Kingdom and Spain, and for non-EU countries such as Latin America, Russia, China and sub-Saharan Africa, the EU is currently seeking a Unified approach, many countries may not be able to establish freedom of travel for months as a result.
Border Opening Forum
Health Minister Uncle An emphasized that the epidemic is not over yet and we must not take it lightly. Rushing to open it will usher in a secondary spread. The current focus has shifted to Latin America and the United States. Citizens should not travel to unsafe areas for business or travel. Some Italian governors proposed that regional openings could be implemented for certain states with good data, that is, only allowing Italians from some areas to travel to Austria. However, this proposal did not receive the approval of Vienna .
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio criticized Austria's decision not to open its borders to Italy. Di Maio said: "Personal behavior violates the European spirit and damages Europe and the common market." He will go to Austria next week to discuss border opening, hoping that the Kurtz government can change its policy and open it as soon as possible.
The opening of the borders with Austria’s neighboring countries brings joy to the tourism industry, said Petra Nocker-Schwarzenbacher, Chairman of the WKÖ Federal Tourism and Leisure Department: The lifting of border controls is crucial for our 90,000 companies, because we can only sustain ourselves if we are accompanied by foreign guests. Necessary occupancy and associated economics.
WKÖ Hospitality Industry Association president Susanne Kraus-Winkler said that during the summer, around 70% of overnight stays were from foreign guests, and with borders opening the hotel industry was now "expecting a successful summer". To ensure safety, the Austrian government will implement COVID-19 testing for tourism industry workers, and testing is expected to begin in July.
At present, the COVID-19 epidemic data of countries with open borders in Austria are declining sharply, and the daily new number of new infections is maintained at an extremely low standard. Liechtenstein and Slovakia have even achieved zero new infections, while Italy’s current daily new number of new infections is still maintained. With 300 people, naturally it cannot make neighboring countries feel at ease. Many countries have previously stated that Austria's border opening should not include Italy, otherwise they will refuse to open to Austria.
In addition to Austria, Germany, France, and Italy have all put the opening of their borders on the agenda. As the epidemic gradually eases, flights have begun to resume. It is estimated that the majority of overseas Chinese can buy air tickets at normal prices to return home, which is no longer a distant dream. We also hope that all countries can work hard to control the epidemic and return life to normal as soon as possible!
(Original title: Austrian Airlines will resume flying to China in the near future! Austria’s border will be fully lifted from today!)
Source: Weicheng
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