Airlines KLM and Transavia and travel organizations TUI Netherlands and Corendon Netherlands will stop enforcing the mask obligation on board from March 23. The companies are afraid that support will decrease further and that more situations with aggressive passengers will arise. On flights to and from Belgium, the mouth mask obligation will still be maintained for the time being, it sounds at Brussels Airlines and TUI Belgium.
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KLM, Transavia, TUI and Corendon indicate that they do not want to expose their staff to aggression if it is not necessary. “And you don’t have to wear a mouth cap at the airport, only on the plane where you have a permanent place,” explains a spokesperson for Corendon. “We no longer see the added value.”
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There is also a similar story at TUI Netherlands. That company says in a statement that it is “greatly disappointed and even angry” that mouth masks on planes will remain mandatory, although passengers on the train will soon no longer have to wear mouth masks. “A safe journey for our passengers and our staff is our top priority. We no longer want to monitor compliance with the mask obligation on board.”
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Public transport
TUI Belgium points out that the situation in the Netherlands is different from ours. From March 23, it will no longer be mandatory to wear a mouth mask on public transport there, and it will remain so in Belgium. As always, TUI Belgium follows the guidelines of the government, and we do not see ourselves called upon to omit mouth masks as the first form of public transport,” said spokesman Piet Demeyere.
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The same sound can be heard at Brussels Airlines. “It is true that there is an international discussion about the mandatory mouth mask on aircraft. The guidelines therefore differ from country to country and between the various airlines, but for the time being we follow the guidelines of the EASA (international aviation organization, ed.) and we continue to enforce the mouth mask obligation,” explains spokeswoman Maaike Andries.
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