Transatlantic companions Delta Air Strains and KLM Royal Dutch Airways are launching Covid-tested flights from Atlanta to Amsterdam.
The airline companions have labored with the Dutch authorities, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport to ship a complete Covid-19 testing program that may enable eligible clients to be exempt from quarantine upon arrival after receiving a damaging PCR check consequence on touchdown within the Netherlands.
“This can be a crucial and nice step ahead.
“Till an permitted working vaccine is accessible worldwide, this testing program represents step one in direction of the worldwide journey restoration.
“I’m grateful for the constructive collaboration with our companions Delta Air Strains and the Schiphol Group and to have the assist of the Dutch authorities to make this distinctive Covid-free journey hall trial doable.
“All stakeholders have to work collectively on a scientific method to speedy testing and construct these assessments into the passenger expertise, so quarantine measures may be lifted as shortly as doable. That is basic to revive passengers’ and governments’ confidence in air journey,” mentioned Pieter Elbers, chief govt, KLM Royal Dutch Airways.
The Covid-tested flights will function 4 occasions per week from Atlanta to Amsterdam, with Delta and KLM working two frequencies every.
Solely passengers with damaging check outcomes might be accepted on-board.
The flights will initially run for 3 weeks and if profitable, the airways hope to increase this system to different markets.
Clients will be capable of select the Covid-tested flights once they buy their tickets on-line or go for one of many various Delta or KLM day by day flights between Atlanta and Amsterdam that aren’t lined throughout the trial program.
Entry necessities for the Netherlands usually embody ten days of quarantine.
Nevertheless, by finishing a damaging PCR check 5 days earlier than arrival within the Netherlands and self-isolating till departure, clients can select to finish the quarantine forward of their departing flight.
No quarantine might be required upon arrival as soon as the shopper assessments damaging through a second PCR check at Schiphol airport.
