There had been speculation about it for a few days, now it is official: The German Robert Koch Institute declared the Austrian capital Vienna to be a corona risk region on Wednesday evening. This now has far-reaching consequences, because people who have stayed in Vienna now have to be in quarantine in Germany for 14 days.

This can currently be circumvented by submitting a negative PCR test, which must not be older than 48 hours. In Austria, however, princely prices are charged for private corona tests, so it can be assumed that the German measure will have a negative effect on demand in air traffic.

Lufthansa, Easyjet, Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, Eurowings and Wizzair currently offer connections from Vienna to various German airports. The occupancy rate has already been rather poor in the last few weeks, especially at the AUA. Almost all airlines in Europe complain about poor advance booking figures. Carsten Spohr told employees that the Lufthansa Group has less than 2020 percent of the reservations for October 10 that it had in the previous year. The current entry harassment of the Germans is likely to have a further negative effect on demand. German citizens have the opportunity to do the testing, but from October 2020 they will have to be in quarantine for five days even if their testing within 72 hours turns out negative.

The effects on air traffic between Vienna and Germany cannot yet be assessed. Many decisions will depend heavily on developments and bookings over the next few days.

Tip: Under this Link the Robert Koch Institute has listed all regions that are currently risk areas from the perspective of the Federal Republic of Germany.