Anyone who has been brought back from a holiday destination due to the corona pandemic must now expect to be paid for. The government is sending the bills these days.
The Federal government represents the because of the coronapandemic 67,000 tourists brought back from abroad charged 200 to 1,000 euros for the flights. This is intended to cover 40 percent of the total cost of the unprecedented campaign of 94 million euros.
This is how the costs are staggered
The cost sharing of the stranded is staggered: 200 euros must be paid for flights from the Canary Islands and North Africa, for southern Africa and the Caribbean 500 euros are due, returnees from South America and Asia have to pay 600 euros, and those who have been returned from New Zealand and Australia will receive an invoice for 1,000 euros.
The Foreign Office announced these prices on Friday after sending the first 1,000 invoices. The Federal Foreign Office launched the campaign on March 17, together with tour operators and airlines, after many countriespandemic had closed borders at short notice and cut flight connections. A total of around 240,000 travelers were brought back. The tour operators brought back the tourists who had booked with them free of charge.
For individual tourists and other travelers, the Federal Foreign Office itself chartered machines that completed 260 flights and brought back around 67,000 people from around 65 countries. These people are now asked to checkout. The ticket prices are roughly in the range of cheap economy tickets for the respective regions.
Around 56,000 German citizens and 7,600 people from other countries are among the 67,000 passengers ME and 3,650 people from countries outside the European Union.
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