Covid-19 Guidance on Travel-Related Issues EASA Updates List of Airports in Covid-19 High Risk Areas by GTP editing team 27 May 2020 written by GTP editing team 27 May 2020 2 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 13 Heathrow Airport. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Wednesday updated the list of airports located in affected areas with high risk of transmission of the Covid-19 infection. EASA determined that a list of airports located in affected areas should be established and maintained to support aircraft and aerodrome operators to put in place an extra layer of protection for the passengers and crew members (namely enhanced cleaning and disinfection), rather than suggesting that all airports worldwide are high risk areas. “Therefore, EASA maintains and adjusts the risk assessment methodology to include the latest available epidemiological information,” the agency said. JFK Airport. The list of airports located in affected areas with high risk of transmission of the coronavirus infection is developed in coordination with EASA Member States and based on the information from the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and other reputable public health institutes. In addition to the testing ratio, additional parameters in EASA’s methodology have been taken into account, such as: number of active cases, number of recovered cases, trend of new cases/day, deaths/inhabitants, trend of new deaths/day, number of tests/inhabitants, cases in urban vs. rural areas and number & size of the airports serving a certain area/population. Following is the list of airports located in affected areas with high risk of transmission of the Covid-19 infection, according to EASA. A. EU Member States, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, UK and territories1 State Regions/Airports Belgium All airports France All airports in the following regions: Ile-de-France Italy All airports in the following regions: Emilia Romagna Lombardy Piemonte Veneto The Netherlands The following airports: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Eindhoven Airport Maastricht Aachen Airport Rotterdam The Hague Airport Poland Katowice Airport (EPKT) Portugal The following airports: Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport Lisbon Portela Airport Spain All airports in the following regions: Castile and Leon Castilla-La Mancha Catalonia Madrid Sweden All airports in Stockholm Region United Kingdom The following airports: Birmingham Doncaster Sheffield East Midlands Gatwick Glasgow Heathrow Leeds Bradford Liverpool John Lennon London City Luton Manchester Airport Newcastle International Stansted Moscow Airport. B. Third countries State Regions/Airports Afghanistan All airports Bangladesh All airports Belarus All airports Brazil All airports in the following regions: Amazonas Bahia Ceará Espírito Santo Maranhão Pernambuco Rio De Janeiro Santa Catarina Sao Paulo Canada All airports in the following regions: Ontario Quebec Chile All airports Colombia All airports in Bogota region Dominican Republic All airports Ecuador All airports Egypt All airports India All airports in the following provinces: Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Indonesia All airports Iran All airports Kuwait All airports Mexico All airports in Mexico City region Pakistan All airports Peru All airports Qatar All airports Russia All airports in the following regions: Moscow Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Sankt Petersburg Saudi Arabia All airports Singapore All airports South Africa All airports in Western Cape region Turkey All airports Ukraine All airports in the following regions: Chernivtsi Kyiv United Arab Emirates All airports USA All airports in the following States: Alabama Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington 1 “Territories” include territories, areas, overseas dependencies and other jurisdictions of similar status According to EASA, the list is continuously updated after consultation with nominated EASA Member State focal points. 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