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"Working in hysteria": the holes in the late decision to close Ben Gurion Airport
Officials in the aviation world criticize the government's decision to stop flights at Ben Gurion Airport, saying it represents a problematic atmosphere according to which the policy regarding the field is set. According to them, the reason for the failure is not the entry gate, but monitoring those entering.
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Keenan Cohen
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 22:04
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In the video: congestion at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Reuven Castro, editor: Tal Reznik)
Officials in the aviation industry believe that the government's decision to close entry to and exit from it via Ben Gurion Airport - about a year after the corona eruption - is too little and too late. They say the decision, made in an attempt to block corona mutations, represents the atmosphere in which the policy The port, which they call "hysterical" and as determined by "a lack of understanding of how the world of aviation operates." In
practice, said officials at the Airports Authority, the body entrusted with operating the port, Ben Gurion Airport which has become the default symbol Change according to government decisions, and try to implement them on the best side despite an atmosphere of landings and frequent changes in government policy: logistical readiness, changes in the reception configuration of incoming and outgoing passengers, platform for testing laboratories and working with authorities like Ministry of Health and Home Front Command.
In light of these conditions, the sources said, the Airports Authority dislikes the nickname "Ben Gurion Airport default", which was given as part of an exchange of accusations surrounding the management of the entry and exit gate from Israel during the Corona.
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Managed according to government decisions.
Ben Gurion Airport is empty of passengers (Photo: Reuven Castro)
They referred to the holes included in the government's decision to shut down the field, saying that "so far we have not received any reference to how the government intends to allow foreign nationals who entered here in significant numbers to return, since they cannot be 'imprisoned' in Israel."
"The government's policy is also one that affects airlines in their decision whether to arrive in Israel, these companies will simply divert flights from Israel or decide not to arrive. And who will be responsible for returning Israelis currently staying in dozens of countries around the world?"
The issue of compensation for ticket buyers has not been raised at all so far, or has received real attention, whether it is the state that will compensate the ticket buyers or impose this charge on the airlines themselves.
This issue has not yet been clarified as well.
The problem lies in tracking entrants, not in the port.
Tests at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The one that is not waiting for the government's decisions and is already preparing to deal with the expected changes is Israir, which is in response to Walla!
NEWS states that the passengers of the flights that will be canceled in light of the decision will be able to choose from a variety of vouchers.
Among those vouchers: a voucher for future realization in the amount of 125% of the order amount, a voucher for the realization of a vacation in Israel approximately 115% of the original order or receipt of a refund within 30 days.
Arkia said that currently there is no activity in the company's international flights the next two weeks, but in view of stopping Traveling abroad is important to run the line to Eilat early February. El Al has not yet received a response.
As of the last hours, the flight schedule at the airport remained unchanged, however, It is likely that upon making its decision and transferring it to the Civil Aviation Authority and the Airports Authority and from there to the foreign companies, there may be changes in the flight schedule.
Passengers will be able to choose from a variety of vouchers.
Israir plane (Photo: Flash 90, Olivier Fitoussi)
Yarkoni, who has been following the government for a year and monitoring its actions, said that "in February, when the disease broke out outside China, closing the skies to flights from China and Hong Kong only, it was a mistake that these destinations do not arrive on connecting flights from Europe." "Benjamin Netanyahu is proud of being the first to identify and the first to close - he is not right. And if he was the first to identify, everything that happened 11 months later is much more serious."
But it did not stop there.
He said, "Once we understood that it (the virus) all over the world should have brought no one into the State of Israel unless he has a certificate that he does not have a corona," something that was not done until two days ago.
The operating concept that involves the outbound and inbound flights together was also and remains a malfunction that he said was not paid attention to at all.
"Mutations do not enter Israel on outbound flights," he says.
But beyond these individual points, he says there is a problem with the general conduct of Netanyahu's "hysterical decision" to close the field for two reasons: "He understands that this situation is not good for seats and the second reason is that if he does not close now, The Ben Gurion Airport.
Ben Gurion Airport is not the solution to stopping the mutations
A more harsh criticism was leveled at Kobi Karni, chairman of the Association of Travel Agencies, who was just beginning to recover from the difficult year they went through to find that their future was not clear.
Mutations to Corona will accompany us for many more long months, to prevent patients from entering the country the road should be to check every passenger and not to admit patients.
"Closing Ben Gurion Airport will not be a long-term solution."
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