Amsterdam Schiphol airport during the COVID Pandemic

Inside Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport terminal during the Covid-19 pandemic, with passengers seen in the check-in desk area, arrivals, and departures hall. Reduced passenger numbers and flight crew are seen wearing protective equipment like the mandatory facemasks and gloves, keeping distance between them to avoid the spread of the Coronavirus. The world aviation passenger traffic numbers declined due to the travel restrictions, safety measures such as lockdowns, quarantine, PCR, and Rapid test before the flights, during the era of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic that hit hard the aviation and travel industry. 14 cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron were confirmed in the Netherlands from passengers who arrived at the Dutch city from South Africa. More than 600 passengers have been tested from the 2 flights with 61 confirmed positive for Covid-19. Dutch police arrested earlier two passengers who have been in a quarantine hotel as they tried to escape. Many countries suspended flights to South Africa during an already difficult period with the coronavirus pandemic that had a negative impact on the aviation business industry. Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 4, 2021