{"id":118337,"date":"2020-07-26T21:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/eu-common-hygiene-standards-for-air-travel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T14:15:33","slug":"eu-common-hygiene-standards-for-air-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/eu-common-hygiene-standards-for-air-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"EU: Common Hygiene Standards for Air Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"EU: Common Hygiene Standards for Air Travel\n\n\n<p>European Union member states have agreed on common hygiene standards, such as maintaining social distancing and wearing masks on board aircraft and in airports, in an effort to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus, stated German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the agreed measures are mouth and nose protection for passengers starting from the age of 6, and maintaining social distancing in airports during security checks and check-in procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a certain quota of fresh air must be guaranteed in aircraft, and information must be available in multiple languages. Conversely, on board aircraft, the middle seat does not have to remain vacant. The German Transport Minister specified that this agreement was reached at the official level and has not yet been formally approved by European Transport Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3><strong>Are masks mandatory for children on EU flights?<\/strong><p>Yes, according to the agreed standards, passengers aged 6 and older are required to wear mouth and nose protection.<\/p><strong>Is the middle seat kept empty on European flights?<\/strong><p>No, the common standards do not require the middle seat to remain vacant on board aircraft.<\/p><strong>What other measures are implemented in airports?<\/strong><p>Measures include social distancing during security checks and check-in procedures, along with providing information in multiple languages.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU: Common Hygiene Standards for Air Travel European Union member states have agreed on common hygiene standards, such as maintaining social distancing and wearing masks on board aircraft and in airports, in an effort to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus, stated German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer. Among the agreed measures are mouth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[3853],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-european-union"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118337"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}