From 25 June 2021, the Federal Government will allow entry of fully vaccinated travellers from countries outside of the European Union. Fourteen days after they received their last required vaccine dose, they may enter Germany for any valid purpose – e.g. as a tourist or to visit family and friends – provided that they meet the general requirements of residence law.

However, travellers need to have been vaccinated with one of the vaccines listed on the website of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut to benefit from the eased restrictions. Currently, only vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are recognised (https://www.pei.de/impfstoffe/covid-19). More vaccines that offer a similar level of protection will be added to the list as soon as the necessary evaluations are completed.

Entering Germany from virus variant areas of concern is still not permitted. The rules of the Ordinance on Coronavirus Entry Regulations (Coronavirus-Einreiseverordnung), including the ban on transport from areas of variants of concern, continue to apply in full.

Dear Lufthansa Passenger,

All passengers aged six years or older travelling on international flights to Germany and either planning to enter in Germany or travelling onwards on a connecting flight in Frankfurt or Munich to a Schengen-Country (Exception: travel from Non-Schengen countries via Germany to other Non-Schengen countries) must present a negative Covid 19 test or a proof of Vaccination or a proof of Immunity at the time of departure. (Antigen-, PCR-, LAMP- and TMA-tests performed at certified testing sites are accepted; the documents must be issued in German, English, French, Spanish or Italian). This has been decided by the Federal German government. Please inform yourself about the respective prescribed validity of the certificates required as proof and on further regulations for virus variant areas on our Internet page:

www.lufthansa.com/de/en/flight-information

Best regards
Your Lufthansa Team