Great caution has governed the partial reopening, with limited flights, COVID-19 and mandatory quarantine.
Those heading to Algiers will need to go through a negative PCR check less than 36 hours before boarding, and all passengers will have to go through a five-day quarantine at a hotel requisitiveed by the state. hotel.
The number of weekly flights and destinations is limited to five cities: Paris and Marseille in France, the Spanish city of Barcelona, the Tunisian capital of Tunisia and Istanbul.
Air Algérie covered itself to encourage passengers upon arrival of the first flight.
One of the passengers, Amina Nasri, said she understood that the measures put in place “are in our interest. “
“The most for me is seeing my son and grandchildren that I haven’t noticed since February 2020,” he told Radio Algérie.
Algerians in Paris, Algiers and elsewhere have complained about restrictions and price. Expenses and food at the hotel are the responsibility of the passengers. And not everyone can board infrequent flights. In the pre-virus era, many Algerians in France, for example, returned to their home countries for visits.
“This is a first operation. We wish our passengers wonderful vigilance because the good luck of this operation will be decisive for the future,” Air Algérie spokesman Amine Andaloussi said in an interview with the site visa-algerie. com.
Other airlines, such as Tunisair and Air France, had to upgrade their own flights.
Algeria recorded 3,472 deaths from COVID-19 on Monday night, and more than 128,900 showed cases, fewer than European countries and fewer than its North African neighbors.
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