CAA – Minor passengers: Changing the age limits for air travel with a 24 hour self test |

Six years (from 4 to 17 years) extend to minors the right to submit a negative self test 24 hours before their scheduled flight time to domestic destinations according to a new announcement from the Civil Aviation Authority.

The pre-existing NOTAM for domestic flights to all destinations in the country, concerned minors aged four to eleven 11 years.

In particular, the notam for domestic air travel in Greece provides after the last change the following.

Passengers to all destinations in the country must meet one of the following conditions:

1) Have completed at least fourteen (14) days of vaccination for COVID-19 coronavirus and demonstrate a vaccination certificate. The European digital certificate COVID-19 (EU DIGITAL COVID-19 CERTIFICATE) is also acceptable. The vaccination certificate includes the name of the person, the type of vaccine administered and the number of doses.
2) To demonstrate a disease certificate issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and its validity lasts up to one hundred and eighty (180) days after it.
3) Domestic flight passengers who have not been vaccinated to board the airplane must have been negatively tested for COVID-19 coronavirus by PCR within the last seventy-two (72) hours before the scheduled flight time or within forty eight (48) hours with rapid test before the departure of their flight.

Minors from four (4) to seventeen (17) years of age can make their air travel by performing a self-test provided free of charge by the State and carried out up to twenty-four (24) hours before the scheduled flight time .

The above certificates / certificates are displayed either printed by the platforms www.gov.gr and SELF-TESTING.GOV.GR or in digital form with simultaneous identity check of the holder.

In the case of foreigners coming from abroad, they can present the vaccination certificate or the certificate of illness or the negative test, in Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Russian. A prerequisite is that the documents have been issued by a public authority and in accordance with the relevant legislation. If these checks have been carried out abroad and are valid at the time of boarding the aircraft, the relevant certificates are accepted under the same conditions under which they were allowed to enter Greece.

If a passenger does not wear a mask, he is not allowed to board.

At arrivals and departures within airports, as well as during air flights, staff and passengers are required to wear a protective mask. If a passenger does not wear a mask, he is not allowed to board the plane. The verification of travel documents is carried out by the employees of the airlines and by sampling by the police authorities at the airports. Airlines are required to check the traveler before boarding to confirm that he has the necessary documents.

It is recalled that the sanitary protocols for domestic flights are applicable from Monday 13 September 2021.