Pack your bags: these are the airport reopening dates

It is perhaps nothing new to note that, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the global airline industry has suffered economic losses that it had never experienced before. According to the data provided by Rafael Echevarne, director of the division for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Airports Council International (ACI-LAC), since the beginning of the confinement due to the pandemic, the industry presented a fall of 90%.

The truth is that this month we can see the beginning of its recovery, albeit on a minimal scale; flights around the world are being reactivated and will continue to do so little by little, under the appropriate security measures. Hopefully soon people will have more confidence to resume leisure travel again.

Airport reopening

Do you want to be aware of air mobility globally? Do you have any trips scheduled in the next days or months? Here is a list of the reopening dates of the airports in some countries. As you can see, the reactivation in certain regions has already been launched:

-Lebanon 🇱🇧: June 15, 2020.
-Baréin 🇧🇭: June 10, 2020.
-Qatar 🇶🇦: June 10, 2020.
-Jordan 🇯🇴: July 15, 2020.
-Irak 🇮🇶 (air corridor): August 1, 2020.
-Iran 🇮🇷: August 1, 2020.
-Egypt 🇪🇬: August 1, 2020.
-Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: August 1, 2020.
-Tunisia 🇹🇳: August 1, 2020.
-Bagdad 🇮🇶: early August, 2020.
-Japan 🇯🇵: June 15, 2020.
-Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰: June 15, 2020.
-Lithuania 🇱🇹: June 15, 2020.
-Hungary 🇭🇺: June 15, 2020.
-Poland 🇵🇱: June 15, 2020.
-Romania 🇷🇴: June 15, 2020.
-Serbia 🇷🇸: June 15, 2020.
-Netherlands 🇳🇱: June 20, 2020.
-Kazakhstan 🇰🇿: June 20, 2020.
-Albania 🇦🇱: June 22, 2020.
-Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦: June 22, 2020.
-Denmark 🇩🇰: June 22, 2020.
-Estonia 🇪🇪: June 22, 2020.
-Finland 🇫🇮: June 22, 2020.
-South Korea 🇰🇷: June 22, 2020.
-Ireland 🇮🇪: June 22, 2020.
-Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬: June 22, 2020.
-Latvia 🇱🇻: June 22, 2020.
-Norway 🇳🇴: June 22, 2020.
-Slovakia 🇸🇰: June 22, 2020.
-Australia 🇦🇺: July 1, 2020.
-Belgium 🇧🇪: July 1, 2020.
-Belorussia 🇧🇾: July 1, 2020.
-China 🇨🇳 (Beijing only): July 1, 2020.
-Sweden 🇸🇪: July 1, 2020.
-Canada 🇨🇦: July 1, 2020.
-Colombia 🇨🇴: July 1, 2020.
-Republic of Kosovo 🇽🇰: July 1, 2020.
-Malaysia 🇲🇾: July 1, 2020.
-Moldova 🇲🇩: July 1, 2020.
-Uzbekistan 🇺🇿: July 1, 2020.
-Republic of China (Taiwan) 🇹🇼: July 1, 2020.
-Turkmenistan 🇹🇲: July 1, 2020.
-Ukraine 🇺🇦: July 1, 2020.
-Indonesia 🇮🇩: July 10, 2020.
-India 🇮🇳: July 10, 2020.
-Pakistan 🇵🇰: July 10, 2020.
-Algeria 🇩🇿: July 15, 2020.
-Morocco 🇲🇦: July 15, 2020.
-Philippines 🇵🇭: July 15, 2020.
-South Africa 🇿🇦: July 15, 2020.
-Georgia 🇬🇪 (only for Georgia City): July 15, 2020.
-United Kingdom 🇬🇧: July 15, 2020.
-Kuwait 🇰🇼: July 15, 2020.
-Libia 🇱🇾: July 15, 2020.
-Russia 🇷🇺: July 15, 2020.
-Bulgaria 🇧🇬: July 10, 2020.
-Brazil 🇧🇷: August 1, 2020.
-Armenia 🇦🇲: August 1, 2020.
-France 🇫🇷: August 1, 2020.
-Greece 🇬🇷: June 10, 2020.
-Germany 🇩🇪: June 15, 2020.
-Spain 🇪🇸: August 1, 2020.
-Italy 🇮🇹: August 1, 2020.
-Austria 🇦🇹: June 10, 2020.
-Azerbaijan 🇦🇿: June 10, 2020.
-Czech Republic 🇨🇿: June 10, 2020.
-United States 🇺🇸: September 1, 2020.
-Switzerland 🇨🇭: June 10, 2020.

What has happened in Mexico with the airline industry?

By mid-March, Mexico denied the possibility of closing the airports, at least until it reached phase 3 of the coronavirus. However, in order to reduce the spread of the virus as much as possible, the closure of borders around the world caused the massive cancellation of flights

Consequently, the last days of March brought with them a drop in air traffic for the 90%. Among the countries that, by then, remained with active domestic flights were Mexico, Brazil and Chile.

Due to the shortage of flights, and with the aim of mitigating the contagion of the virus from the reduction of operational personnel, in April there were some changes and partial closures of air terminals. An example of this is the closure of Terminal 2 and the transfer of operations to Terminal 4 at the Cancun International Airport.

Now, with the reactivation of tourism at the national level, Mexican airports reopen their destinations and international arrivals. For example, at the Cancun International Airport, the airlines that will resume their flights are Air Canada, Delta Airlines, Air Europa, Copa Airlines, among other.

Currently, in the middle of June, Our country does not present any restrictions on national and international flights, but passenger health checks continue. In case the authorities detect infected travelers, they will be quarantined.