The Dutch airline KLM and the American partner Delta Air Lines will operate flights between Schiphol and Atlanta where passengers will be tested for corona. Only passengers with a negative corona test are actually allowed on their flight. Both companies announced this on Friday.
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For travelers from Atlanta, the extended testing period means that they do not have to be quarantined if they are tested negative after arrival at Schiphol. To do so, they must have had a negative test done five days before arrival in the Netherlands and then went into self-isolation. Before boarding in Atlanta, they must also undergo a rapid corona test.
KLM, Delta and Schiphol set up the test with the support of the Dutch government. It starts on December 15th and will initially last for three weeks. This is not yet possible with us because the Belgian government has to agree to this.
Covid-free travel
Last week, Delta already started the “first quarantine and COVID-free trips to Europe” on the line between Atlanta and the Italian capital Rome. In addition, travelers from Atlanta must test negative within 72 hours before departure and take a negative rapid test each time before boarding the aircraft, on arrival and again on departure to the US.
Earlier on Friday, the Italian airline Alitalia also announced that from December 8, all passengers on its flights between Rome and New York must be tested for the corona virus. Either they must submit a negative test that has been taken within 48 hours of departure, or they must take a negative rapid test at the airport. US travelers also need to take an additional rapid test in Rome to get out of mandatory quarantine in Italy.
Alitalia has been operating so-called “COVID-free” flights on the Rome-Milan domestic route since mid-September.
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