First, frankly, scared: terminal on first glance, it seemed completely empty. Well, not a single person was observed at its expanse, and the front Desk was also not working. Slightly reassured big scoreboard showing the departing flights tonight. My was first – 07.10 in the morning. Besides him there were a dozen cities: Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Kosice, Brussels… And was stated at reception – just a dozen.
In fact, there was only one. The girl in the mask and the glass, no questions asked, quickly issued my boarding pass. The officer at the border control in response to my attempt to show a document waved his hand: come in. The procedure of checking baggage was also the usual: lay the laptop, remove the belt… And ten minutes later I was in the relegation zone.
There also has been no recovery. Better to say – there was not a soul. Although opened store system Duty free.
At gate number C-13, respecting social distance, spread out about three dozen passengers Frankfurt flight. Of course, all were “muzzled”. When they announced boarding, my companions formed a disciplined place with a two-meter interval from each other.
Flew a turboprop ATR-72 Czech airlines exactly on schedule and in an hour landed at the airport of Frankfurt. This, incidentally, is one of the biggest aviagamma world, the main hub of Europe. What is immediately noticeable: a lot of planes, moored to the terminal, scurrying to the machine software, that is life here, if not boiling, it is quite warm.
Upon entering the terminal, no one asks you any questions, does not measure the temperature, does not require certificates. Inside much more people than at Prague airport. However, the vast majority of stores are still closed, almost all the restaurants are, but the announcements on the flights are heard regularly. On the scoreboard of departure, except for continental flights include Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, Singapore, Washington DC, Istanbul…
Time to explore in more detail the intensive care unit of a major European hub I had, the connection between flights was short, a little over an hour – this just have been just enough to find your terminal again to go through security screening (and the Germans she is more strict), to look around in the departures lounge and again to the landing.
As in Prague, the plane passengers ride the bus. But if in the first case it was broken, as soon as everyone was inside, now it was a glitch. Sat in the bus for about twenty minutes, there was no announcements, no apology. So much for the vaunted German order.
in Order to take time with benefits for business, I talked with a young couple, a guy and a girl. I felt that Leon and Maria. Fly to Riga from Cairo. There, according to them, t��the epidemic, and strict measures. Cairo airport is completely empty. There’s a day flight to Frankfurt, there are two flights a week to Paris.
at the entrance to the aircraft of the airline Air Baltic flight attendants gave each an envelope with two disinfectant wipes and mask.
it is Interesting that in the plane all the passengers were seated on a chair. But this does not mean that tickets are sold only at half of the seats. The flight attendant Andris explained that sometimes full download. And with that, the incomplete, the Seating arrangement is done with “social distance”. After each flight the cabin is treated with disinfectant materials.
In the sky, passengers are handed out a questionnaire that should be filled. I, such a citizen of such a country, acknowledge that you are familiar with the requirements established by the Cabinet of the Republic of Latvia, dated 12 may 2020 “Measures of epidemiological safety… And agree to the processing of their personal data. Goal: protecting vital interests of society.”
Leon explained that, according to him, in quarantine in Latvia send visitors from those countries, where a hundred thousand people a day have fifteen thousand patients. If less, then let go of the world. “We in Egypt, this figure – half human. But we’ll see.”
And after all as in water looked. Our paper at the exit of the plane was withdrawn by the staff of the airport, no questions asked. Welcome to Latvia! In short, my experience of crossing borders within the Schengen area on 15 June would not be marred by anything unexpected. Now you have to survive until the next step is to open all borders of the globe.
