First signs of return to airport routine • The obvious steps: Changing arrival times before flight, banning escorts, heat checks and wearing masks • All details

Ben Gurion Airport's new procedures: Ben Gurion Airport is preparing for the next day with a series of new procedures that should significantly minimize the possibility of contamination at the airport and on flights.

Ben Gurion Airport is completely empty during the Corona Challenge // Photo: Shimon Yaish

Those who do not fly will not be able to enter Ben Gurion Airport. A passenger will need to arrive four hours before the flight to the airport. Flight tickets and passports will be displayed at the terminal gates and a heat index for passengers. Each passenger will be required to wear a mask.

Anyone who is exposed to heat will not be able to enter Ben Gurion Airport. The flight segment will be kept 2 meters away, only nuclear families will be able to stand together. Check-in counters will be for sending only luggage and bowls where personal belongings are placed before inspection.

With regard to incoming passengers, the intention is to produce a corona free standard. A passenger who arrives in Israel will have to perform a corona test or present valid test results, a pre-determined test or confirmation that he is immune to the disease. A passenger who is found ill cannot enter the country and is referred to the medical authorities. A passenger who is allowed to fly will present the medical visa or medical certificate to the airline.

Already at the airport, markings of two meters were pasted in order to maintain social distance between the passengers. At Ben Gurion Airport, a minimum amount of people will enter the terminal alongside hygiene. In Terminal 3, disinfection positions were dispensed with, a thermal camera that was tested in the arm c so that all inmates in the arm would pass a heat test without noticing it. Services have become the ones that minimize the need for contact.

Currently, only Israelis and new immigrants can enter Israel and they are also sent for isolation. At the beginning of the week, they were approved to move to home isolation instead of hotel insulation and soon, Israel will probably join an agreement that will include additional countries that will allow them to move between them. These are the countries that have managed to overcome the Corona and probably the first two will be Greece and Cyprus. All activity will only take place at Terminal 3 until a new message, Terminal 1 is currently closed.