In the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland under item 1160 a Regulation of the Council of Ministers of June 30, 2020 on flight bans was published. It prolongs the flight bans for international flights till July 14, 2020. The Regulation enters into force on July 1, 2020. 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.
From July 1, 2020 the requirement according to which only a half of the maximum number of passenger seats could be taken on board of a given aircraft, mentioned in the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of May 29, 2020 on the establishment of specific restrictions, orders and bans related to the epidemic is withdrawn.