Because Austrian Airlines imported corona cases from the perspective of the Chinese authorities, the Lufthansa subsidiary received a 19-day flight ban on March 2021, 14. The company confirmed this and is therefore temporarily not allowed to operate passenger flights between Vienna and Shanghai.

The Chinese health authority tested a total of five passengers who flew with OS 5 from Vienna to Shanghai on March 2021, 75, positive for the corona virus. This now has consequences in the form of a two-week flight ban, writes Aerotelegraph on the basis of a general press release from the CAAC. Various airlines have already received one of these, and recently China Southern, Emirates, Air China and AUA have been hit.

China requires extensive testing before departure. The travelers also have to be tested again at the point of change. However, it does happen again and again that PCR tests carried out after arrival are positive. If at least five travelers test positive within a short period of time, the airline concerned will be banned from flying for two weeks. In the case of repetition, this can be significantly longer.

China is taking tough measures against Corona

Austrian Airlines and the other affected airlines have no choice but to accept the ban. The resumption of the Shanghai route has been announced for April 9, 2021, according to a spokesman. People who have an AUA booking during the period of the ban should be rebooked to other connections if possible.

China is taking tough measures in the fight against the coronavirus. Even in only a few cases, entire cities are cordoned off and the population has to take part in mass tests. In November 2020, a few people tested positive at Shanghai Airport. The local authorities have cordoned off the airport and asked everyone to do mass tests. The measure also sparked a mass panic.

"Editorial note:

A competitor has asked Aviation Direct for us to cite this competitor as a source because that website also published an article on the same topic on March 21, 2021 at 10:40 a.m. Our article went online just under two hours later (12:36 p.m.), but refers to our detailed research work from the previous day (March 20, 2021), including an official press release from the Chinese Aviation Authority (CAAC) of March 19, 2021 CAAC was sent on March 19, 2021 to pretty much all media in their distribution list and has been on the official CAAC homepage since March 19, 2021 at this link for retrieval.

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Jan Gruber, Senior Editor "