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How can passenger planes banned to land in Hungary still arrive in Budapest?
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A Hungarian travel website found that even though the Hungarian chief medical officer banned all planes carrying passengers to land in Hungary such aircraft still arrive and take off from the Budapest Airport. They have not yet received answers to their questions.
Bud.hu writes that CecÃlia Müller, the Hungarian chief medical officer, barred all foreign citizens from entering Hungary at Budapest Airport from last Tuesday. From then on, only Hungarian citizens and those foreign citizens arriving from the countries of the European Economic Area (EU member states, Switzerland and Norway) who are entitled to a permanent residence are permitted to enter Hungary. Such foreign citizens are treated the same way as Hungarian citizens.
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In the case of families travelling together, if at least one of the parties is a Hungarian citizen, the foreign family member (child, parent, grandparent, husband or wife) is permitted to enter Hungary. All other foreign citizens are turned away by the authorities, and they must wait in the designated transit area until departure. This is why the airport did not close yet because
it still welcomes and launches flights.
