Anyone who has stayed in a risk area must be in quarantine in Germany for five days from October 15, 2020, regardless of whether or not they have a negative PCR test. The aviation industry is going against the planned regulation by storm, because another significant drop in demand is feared.

It also fits that the German Robert Koch Institute declares cities, federal states, regions and entire states to be risk areas according to incomprehensible criteria and also very often overnight, so that passengers are caught cold and have no opportunity to prepare. Regardless of the fact that many cities in Germany massively exceed the RKI risk mark of 50 tested positive per 100.000 inhabitants, this rigid mark applies to other countries. Other criteria are not taken into account at all. For example, one does not question how many tests were actually carried out. The German Foreign Ministry claims that the travel warnings are issued with caution, but practice shows that the dictates of the Robert Koch Institute are accepted one-to-one.

As a result, airlines that fly to Germany or have their home base there fear that there will very soon be no routes at all that travelers can use on their return without harassment. The current plan provides that passengers entering Germany from risk areas must be in quarantine for five days, even if the PCR results are negative. On top of that, there is an obligation to test within these five days, whereby the costs are reported to have to be borne in the future. Unless you have symptoms and are ordered to have an official test.

Also from October 15, 2020 - if the schedule can be adhered to - people from risk areas must register in advance via the Internet. You want to end the paper mess. The new "test strategy" is being celebrated by German politicians, although it could have fatal consequences for the transport and tourism industry. The industry association BDL is therefore against the plans by storm and is trying to move the federal and state governments to make changes. The regulation, which is valid until mid-October, is believed to be completely sufficient. Anyone who comes from a risk area and has a negative PCR test that is not older than 48 hours does not have to be in quarantine.

The German authorities use as an excuse for the new "strategy" that the free tests had brought the laboratories to their capacity limits and that it would also be a great wish of the population that travel to risk areas be avoided and whoever does it should pay the costs pay for yourself. The aviation industry fears that the new regulation could be a downright death sentence. It seems exciting, however, that Bavaria of all places is still trying to make a difference and is in favor of quick tests before each departure. IATA and Lufthansa are also appealing in this direction. The industry imagines that entry and quarantine regulations will be completely superfluous.