After increasing conflicts with passengers: Lufthansa crew no longer have to enforce mask requirements
Created: 05/27/2022, 16:07
By: Magdalena von Zumbusch
Flying in times of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Due to the many loosening, the desire to travel without a mask is growing stronger.
After conflicts with passengers, Lufthansa gives up mask controls.
Cologne – Lufthansa has released its crews from the obligation to enforce the mask requirement, which still exists on many flights, by all means.
Lufthansa reports increased conflicts with mask controls
The number of conflicts with passengers about the corona protection measures has increased significantly, the company reported on Friday in Frankfurt.
Reasons are the many relaxations in everyday life and the omission of the mask requirement in all neighboring countries of Germany.
The company evaluates the increasing disputes as a security risk that must be weighed against other risks.
"Since safety is a top priority for Lufthansa, the company is adapting its processes," said a spokesman for the airline, as the news magazine
Der Spiegel
first reported.
Lufthansa explained that it was not going against the law and would continue to point out to passengers at many points in the process their legal obligation to wear masks during flights to and from Germany.
Only the obligation is no longer actively enforced by the airport staff.
In exceptional cases, however, it could still be enforced by the captain of the machine.
Video: So far, Lufthansa had strictly enforced the mask requirement
Mask requirement on planes: EASA and EU authority ECDC issue recommendation
Lufthansa had strictly enforced the mask requirement since the beginning of the pandemic and even attracted attention when a family was excluded from a flight because the two-year-old child could not wear a mask.
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In the past few weeks, however, the company has publicly opposed the obligation to wear masks, which currently applies to all public transport in Germany, especially long-distance trains and buses.
Lufthansa is thus in line with the European aviation security agency EASA and the EU health authority ECDC: They lifted their recommendation for the general obligation to wear masks almost two weeks ago.
Other airlines have also dropped the mask requirement, but it still applies to some flight providers: a situation that travelers should get an overview of before setting off.
(
mvz with dpa
)
