Today, the Commission presents a package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen, after months of lockdown, while respecting necessary health precautions. The package also aims to help the EU tourism sector recover from the pandemic, by supporting businesses and ensuring that Europe continues to be the number one destination for visitors. On travel, the European Commission proposes an approach in phases which “starts by lifting restrictions between areas or Member States with sufficiently similar epidemiological situations.” So citizens of countries with similar levels of infections should be able to travel more freely. There should also be enough capacity in hospitals, as well as testing, surveillance, and contact tracing capacities in place for tourism to start again. The EU recommends buying tickets and doing check-ins online. Beyond this, the sanitising gel should be freely available during journeys. Food/drink should not be served aboard. The proposals say that in areas which would expect a big wave of tourists (such as island nations), that the areas have sufficient health system capacity “in place for local people and tourists so that in the event of a sudden increase in cases, primary care, hospital, and intensive care...
This morning, the first bus to Dresden and Berlin left Prague with 13 people aboard, mostly foreigners. It is the first renewed connection after the travel ban due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ban on international bus and rail connections has been in force in the Czech Republic since March 14. Earlier last week, the government decided to re-authorize international traffic from May 11. The first RegioJet bus left Prague to Berlin today at 8.30 am, with a stop in Dresden. RegioJet plans to return the bus to Prague already today and should leave Berlin in the late afternoon. So far, 20 passengcers have booked the trip. RegioJet plans to renew another bus line from Brno to Vienna. It should start on Monday. Other bus transport providers have not yet specified when they intend to reopen their foreign transport services, with the lifting of restrictions abroad playing a key role in the decision. Leo Express is also ready to renew its routes to Poland and Slovakia if passengers are interested. At the moment, they regularly run only selected train connections on the routes Prague – Stare Mesto – Prague and Bohumin – Prague – Bohumin until 31 May 2020 inclusive....
On Monday, 18 May 2020, Czech Airlines plans to resume operations on its routes between Prague and selected cities after over a month and a half of temporary disruption to services. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, and Stockholm are among the first destinations to which aircraft will head from Prague this month. Effective 24 May 2020, the carrier plans to resume operations on its Kyiv route, with Odessa flights to follow the next day, provided mandatory quarantine restrictions are terminated in Ukraine, as currently scheduled. On 25 May 2020, flights to Bucharest, Romania, will also resume. Czech Airlines also introduced the current rules for the passengers: mandatory use of face masks (exception – children under 2 years old) entering/leaving the aircraft keeping a safe distance of 2 meters sufficient seating capacity permitting, gaps will be maintained between passengers in economy class business class seating arrangements will always leave the middle seat empty. On aircraft with a two-seat configuration, there will always be only one person seated per pair of seats only contactless payments, i.e. credit or debit cards, are accepted aboard the aircraft. food and drinks for economy class passengers may be limited the face mask can only be removed while eating...
“If it is forbidden to occupy a middle seat due to safety measures on aircraft, the economy class will practically end. It would be ideal to fly on a prepaid flat rate. Domestic flying also has great potential,” says during an interview with E15.cz Oliver Dlouhý, founder and co-owner of Kiwi.com. “Flights could be cheaper after lockdown due to an “airline price war”, he added. “Airlines will ’price-dump’ low fares so that they have a turnover and pay aircraft leasing. But it has to gradually return to normality, to the golden times of flying,” believes added Dlouhý. After the gradual release, the main challenge will be how tourists regain confidence in air safety. According to a survey from the USA, 75 percent of people would now be afraid to board a plane. The low-cost carrier Ryanair backs the introduction of mandatory temperature checks and face masks for passengers and crew when flights resume. “We’re in dialogue with regulators who are sitting in their bedrooms inventing restrictions such as taking out the middle seats, which is just nonsense. It would have no beneficial effect whatsoever,” says Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary. He explained: “When this thing is over there is going to...
The Czech government agreed to lift a ban on international bus and train travel from May 11. Not all companies will offer trips to neighboring countries, due to certain border restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Flixbus, one of the largest Czech carriers, resumed operations only in the Czech Republic. Since May 7, the company has been carrying passengers from Prague to Karlovy Vary, Liberec, Most, Chomutov, Jirkov, and Lubenec. New rules for passengers: drivers and passengers have to wear face masks mandatory hand disinfection before entering the bus during the check-in, the driver encourages passengers to keep a safe distance sale of tickets exclusively online or by credit card passengers cannot use the toilets for the whole trip. drinks and food are forbidden passengers can only board through the rear doors About Flixbus FlixMobility was founded as the start-up FlixBus by three young entrepreneurs in Munich. FlixBus was officially launched in 2013 after the deregulation of the bus market in Germany and quickly became the leading long-distance travel provider within the country. In 2015, FlixBus began expanding internationally with long-distance networks in France, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Croatia, as well as cross-border regular services to Norway, Spain, and England.
CSA Czech Airlines announced plans to resume the following Prague services from May, 2020. The company expects to add additional routes as conditions allow in the following weeks. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company stopped all scheduled flights to and from the Czech Republic in March. as early as 18 May 2020: Amsterdam up to 13 flights a week Frankfurt up to 6 flights a week Paris up to 21 flights a week Stockholm up to 2 flights a week as early as 24 May 2020: Kyiv up to 7 flights a week as early as 25 May 2020: Odessa up to 3 flights a week Bucharest up to 6 flights a week You can already book June and later flights to other destinations. In March, the parent company of CSA, Smartwings group, halted all flights to and from the Czech Republic, bounding over 90 percent of its fleet. The entire group moved 4,900 passengers in April, which is one percent of the volume they handled in the same period last year. CSA joins several carriers that have already resumed operations at Prague Airport. The first carrier was Eurowings Airlines, with connections to Düssledorf. Then, KLM resumed daily flights to...
The Czech government agreed on Monday to lift a ban on international bus and train travel from May 11, a member of the government said.
The German low-cost airline headquartered in Düsseldorf and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group Eurowings is the first air carrier to resume partially regular operations after a break of more than six weeks. Airbus A319 took off from Düsseldorf, Germany yesterday at 18:25, and landed in Prague on Sunday, May 3 at 19:17. At the moment, Eurowings schedules two flights a week, except on Sundays on Thursdays. From June 1, the carrier expects two flights per day. Another carrier is returning to Prague tomorrow: KLM’s Embraer E-175 will arrive in the morning and fly to Amsterdam every day. Other carriers, on the other hand, continue to postpone the start of flights from Prague. British Airways, which originally planned to resume flights on May 1, will start selling tickets on June 1 at the earliest. Ryanair and easyJet postponed the launch to May 22, although the companies announced over the weekend that a larger number of flights is not expected until July. Only Belavia to Minsk and Bulgaria Air to Sofia maintained regular flights in Prague during the pandemic. Vítejte zpátky! Letecká společnost @eurowings dnes obnovila provoz na Letišti Václava Havla Praha. Na pravidelné lince z/do německého Düsseldorfu letěl Airbus...
On April 23, the Czech Republic lifted a ban on non-essential movement and travel abroad.
The first scheduled flight to be resumed from the Prague Airport will be KLM's between Prague and Amsterdam in early May.
According to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the possibility of traveling outside the Czech border is "only theoretical".
The Czech government banned Czech citizens from traveling abroad when declaring a state of emergency on March 16, but in an attempt to stimulate domestic demand, the government is looking to financially support Czechs who want to travel within their own country. Travel restrictions were partially eased a month later on April 14 after the government drafted a list of exceptions for those who wish to travel abroad. Since then, people traveling due to family or business reasons are allowed to leave the Czech Republic. If they stay abroad for more than 24 hours, they must undergo a two-week quarantine after returning to Czechia. Such a blanket measure banning Czechs from traveling abroad is unique compared to other countries worldwide. While most states limit the entry of foreigners into their territories, most have not explicitly restricted citizens from traveling abroad. In addition to the Czech Republic, Belgium is an exception in Europe, forbidding its citizens to travel outside the country in all “non-essential” cases, writes the New York Times. Czech law experts see no support for the travel ban Experts point out that Czech law allows the borders to be closed to those who wish to enter the country, it does...
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