In the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland under item 1242 a Regulation of the Council of Ministers of July 14, 2020 on flight bans was published. It prolongs the international flights ban till July 28, 2020.
The Regulation enters into force on July 15, 2020 and is valid till July 28, 2020.
The list of states which are not covered with the ban remains the same as in the previous Regulation of two weeks ago.
The ban is not applicable to international flights from and to European airports (except for the Kingdom of Sweden and the Portuguese Republic) as well as from and to: Georgia, Montenegro, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine.
The flight ban refers to international flights with passengers to airports entered into the civil airports register and to airfields on the list of airfields of the Republic of Poland, except for:
• flights with the HOSP, HUM, STATE, HEAD status, other flights performed in order to save people’s life or health (e.g. with the RESCUE parole),
• flights performed to protect public order (e.g. with the GUARD parole),
• flights performed to the Republic of Poland with aircraft chartered at the order of tour operators or an entity acting at their order before March 15, 2020,
• flights performed at the order of the Prime Minister or a natural person or a legal person with aircraft with up to 15 passenger seats,
• charter flights performed by foreign operators which are going to be performed at the order of foreign states in order to repatriate their citizens and flights of aircraft in distress,
• flights performed for the needs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.
The above mentioned ban does not apply to aircraft performing international flights to Poland from airports located on the territory of:
• a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation or a European Union Member State (except for the Kingdom of Sweden and the Portuguese Republic),
• Montenegro, Georgia, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine.