Ministerial Decision: The Cyprus Flight Pass and the categorization of countries are abolished

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that, during today's meeting, the Council of Ministers approved a new Action Plan for the smooth conduct of flights and the operation of Airports. The new Action Plan enters into force from 18 April 2022 .

Specifically, the new Action Plan provides the following:

Α. Country categorization:

As of April 18, 2022, categorization abolished of countries according to their epidemiological situation.

B. Cyprus Flight Card – Cyprus Flight Pass :

As of April 18, 2022, the obligation to complete and acquire the Cypriot Flight Card – CyprusFlightPass.

C. Conditions for entering the Republic:

From 18 April 2022, for travel purposes in the Republic of Cyprus, passengers must meet the following conditions and bring with them the relevant supporting documents:

1. Vaccinated or Recovered passengers:

Vaccinated or Recovered passengers, regardless of nationality, will be able to travel and enter the Republic of Cyprus from any country of departure, without the need for a laboratory test, if satisfied one of the following conditions :

• Hold a digital European or equivalent COVID-19 certificate of vaccination or recovery from third countries, or
• Hold a valid vaccination certificate from the competent Authorities of any third country, provided that the required acceptable doses have been completed the Republic of Cyprus.

1. The vaccination certificate is considered acceptable, only if all the following conditions apply :

• It has been issued by the public authorities of the states.
• The vaccine is one of: Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, AstraZeneca, (Vaxzervia, COVISHIELD, SKBio), Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Sputnik V (Gam- COVID-Vac), Sinopharm (BBIBPCOVID-19), CovaVax, Sinovac (CoronaVac), Covaxin, Sputnik Light (as a booster dose only) and Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19.
• Passengers 18 years of age and older: For travel purposes, the passenger must have received and the booster dose in the case of a dual-dose vaccine or and the booster dose in the case of a single-dose vaccine, one of the above vaccines, with no expiry date of the 3rd or of the 2nd dose respectively. Vaccination certificates for passengers who have received two doses of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccine will only be accepted unless a period of 9 months has elapsed from the date of administration of the 2nd dose in case of two-dose vaccine or one dose in case of single-dose vaccine, respectively.
• Passengers under 18 years of age: For travel purposes, the passenger is considered to be has completed his or her vaccination regimen if he or she has taken the 2nd dose in the case of a dual-dose vaccine or the single dose in the case of a single-dose vaccine, without the expiry date of the 2nd or 1st dose respectively.
• With the exception of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, for which a period of 14 days must have elapsed between the dose of the vaccine and the date of travel, passengers may travel to the Republic of Cyprus immediately upon completion of the required acceptable doses vaccines.

1. A digital European or third country equivalent Certificate of Recovery is considered acceptable, if all Conditions below :

• Issued by State Authorities,
• The date of travel does not exceed 180 days from the first positive result.

For check-in purposes, passengers must present their vaccination certificate or printed form electronically or electronically. certificate of their recovery.

It is noted that passengers who have been vaccinated or recovered in countries that have joined the EU COVID digital certification system are allowed to travel to the Republic of Cyprus only if they hold a valid European or equivalent COID vaccination or recovery certificate from third countries. 19.

2. Passengers who have not been vaccinated or who do not have a valid vaccination or recovery certificate:

Passengers who have not been vaccinated or do not hold a valid vaccination or recovery certificate, regardless of nationality, will be able to travel and enter the Republic of Cyprus from any country of departure, provided they meet one of the following conditions :

• have undergone laboratory molecular examination (RT-PCR) 72 hours prior to departure, or
• have undergone an antigen rapid test 24 hours before departure.

Persons under 12 years of age are not required to submit and present a negative test certificate PCR or rapid test.

For testing purposes, passengers 12 years of age and older who do not hold a vaccination or recovery certificate must present the results of their examination in printed or electronic form.

self-test) by passengers who do not hold a valid vaccination or recovery certificate (as described above), are not accepted for travel purposes in the Republic of Cyprus.

It is understood that, in the event of a check-in on arrival with either an RT-PCR test or a rapid antigen test or both, all passengers must comply. In case of refusal, they will be quarantined for a period of 10 days, unless they undergo a PCR laboratory examination before the end of that period. The costs of quarantine and laboratory examination will be borne by the passenger.

It is emphasized that those who travel to the Republic of Cyprus must meet the above conditions, whether it is a vaccination certificate, a recovery certificate or a negative test certificate. Attempting to enter the Republic without meeting the above conditions constitutes an offense, according to the Out-of-Court Settlement Laws of 1997 to 2021, which provide for an extrajudicial fine of 300 euros.

It is also noted that < strong> until April 17, 2022, the existing measures remain in force and are implemented at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.