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Europeans Fly to U.S. After 600 Days of Travel Ban
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November 9, 2021
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1:32Now PlayingAfter waiting for more than 600 days, passengers across Europe crowded into airports to catch their first flights to the U.S. since early in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Among the travelers anxious to finally reunite with relatives, get some business done in the U.S. or simply enjoy a vacation was Alize Berthemy.
The 23-year-old French business student headed for Paris-Charles De Gaulle airport Monday to board an 8:15 a.m. Air France flight to New York. She snatched the first available departure to see her newly married sister, having canceled a trip in March 2020 when the U.S. shut its doors to most European travelers.
“I am so excited to go,” she said from behind her mask, passport and vaccine and Covid certificates in hand.
What united travelers was a sense of exhilaration, coupled with the arduous process of getting through long lines and having all the paperwork at hand as passengers tested flying from Paris to London, Milan and Frankfurt under the new rules.
The upbeat mood can’t mask the fact that the aviation industry remains deep in crisis. Losses from the coronavirus pandemic are set to surpass $200 billion this year, carriers like Deutsche Lufthansa AG have required state-backed bailouts, and hundreds of thousands of airline employees have lost their jobs.
Business travel, typically a major component of carriers’ profitability, remains anemic at best as companies urge employees to connect via video call. And the U.S. is reopening just as infection rates surge again across Europe.
At London Heathrow, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. set aside a four-decade rivalry to coordinate takeoffs.
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