An Israeli airliner with 22 passengers aboard has turn into the first industrial flight to the touch down in Cyprus after the east Mediterranean nation reopened its airports following an 11-week ban aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus
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MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Related Press
June 9, 2020, 1: 56 PM
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LARNACA, Cyprus —
An Israeli airliner with 22 passengers aboard changed into the first industrial flight to the touch down in Cyprus after the east Mediterranean nation reopened its airports following an 11-week ban aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
Nora Reich, a passenger aboard the Israir Airlines turboprop that arrived at Larnaca World Airport from Tel Aviv, said she had rushed to derive the first flight to Cyprus to survey her newborn granddaughter.
“My daughter is with her household. They’re diplomats right here,” Reich told The Related Press. “And now she gather a baby, she delivered a baby lady. I advance with the first flight to survey her. “
Israel is among a neighborhood of 19 countries with low coronavirus an infection rates from which Cyprus is now allowing industrial flights.
Arriving passengers must stable well being certificates declaring them coronavirus-free three days forward of departure.
The requirement is dwelling to inch out June 20 for of us coming from 13 of those countries, including Greece, Finland, Norway and Germany.
Tourism-dependent Cyprus is interesting to resume industrial flights in hopes of salvaging the summer tourist season.
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the nation is taking a survey to capitalize on its comparatively brilliant COVID-19 outbreak to procedure holidaymakers. Cyprus, which has a population of around 880,000, had a entire of 970 confirmed cases and 18 virus-linked deaths as of Tuesday.
“This is what Cyprus will sell this Three hundred and sixty five days, is the elegant results we gather now in relation to the coronavirus,” Karousos told the Related Press. “Cyprus could presumably per chance be a stable role to be.”
Karousos said it’s projected that the nation will watch about 35% of the almost 4 million passenger arrivals it had for all of ultimate Three hundred and sixty five days. Tourism as we remark accounts for 13% of Cyprus’ depraved home product.
The minister said it’s expected that month-to-month arrivals will height at 600,000 passengers all by means of September and October from countries including Poland and Denmark.