Poland bans new countries from direct flights; allows direct flights from other countries
17.09.2020
Starting from September 16, 2020 direct flights to Poland remain banned only in case of 30 countries. The current number of countries allowed to fly directly to Poland is now the largest since the beginning of the COVID pandemic and the introduction of travel restrictions in Poland.
Full list of the 30 banned countries is presented below:
1) Belize;
2) Bosnia and Herzegovina;
3) Montenegro;
4) Brazil;
5) Bahrain;
6) Spain;
7) Israel;
8) Qatar;
9) Kuwait;
10) Libya;
11) Argentina;
12) Chile;
13) France;
14) Guatemala;
15) Honduras;
16) Iraq;
17) Colombia;
18) Costa Rica;
19) Lebanon;
20) Maldives;
21) Moldova;
22) Namibia;
23) Panama;
24) Paraguay;
25) Peru;
26) Suriname;
27) Cape Verde;
28) United States;
29) Bolivia;
30) Bahamas.
With the new list in force, India will be now able to organize direct flights to Poland. At the same time Poland has included France in the ban list. Among EU countries, Spain remains in the ban list.
Charter flights from the banned countries that were chartered by travel companies before September 16, 2020, will still be able to make direct flights to Poland.
Additionally, any country from the ban list will be able to resume flights to Poland as long as it officially notifies Poland that it guarantees to only allow passengers with a negative result of a COVID test to board the plane. At the moment no information is available whether any countries from the ban list have submitted such an official notification.
Passengers of direct flights to Poland remain exempt from obligatory post-entry quarantine in Poland (except travelers of direct flights from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine – post-entry quarantine obligation applies for these countries).
Restrictions on categories of foreigners eligible to enter Poland remain applicable in case of incoming travels from outside of the Schengen zone (subject to numerous exceptions).
The list of countries banned from direct flights to Poland is planned to remain in force until September 29, 2020. We expect that a new list will be published on the same date.