Watch: Already this week - Ben Gurion Airport will not look the same | Israel Today

In preparation for the opening of the sky to thousands of Israelis a day, Ben Gurion Airport is undergoing a change with rapid construction in the entrance hall, which includes high walls and new complexes.

• The construction process in the entrance hall

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 Ben Gurion Airport is opened today for vaccinated and recovering people who can fly without the need for approval from the Exceptions Committee.

The vaccinated and recovering are also exempt from isolation back to Israel and anyone who lands in Israel will have to undergo a corona examination immediately after leaving the plane.

In order not to create congestion, Ben Gurion Airport is undergoing a significant change during these hours. Large walls are built in the entrance hall and cross it into several areas. Immediately after receiving luggage and moving through the customs area, passengers move in the corridor built today towards the tent built shortly before the corona "third.

In the same tent, a huge array of corona tests is set up that will make it possible to check the thousands of entrants who come to the country every day.

The renovations at Ben Gurion Airport mean that after passing through customs, to an area that once waited at the reception, passengers will have to go through another process of corona checks.

The western part of the departure hall will remain as it is, when as can be seen in the photos, high walls will cross Ben Gurion Airport and change the way passengers leave. At the same time, a set of checks is placed on the sleeves so that those disembarking from the planes , Will wait for the luggage and from there for the corona tests to be performed in the tent.

If the pilot of the electronic bracelets is defined as successful, this process will also be carried out in the same tent, thus relieving the pressure that is currently present in the luggage reception hall, where the corona tests for circulars are now performed and of course the process of receiving the bracelets.

At this stage, it appears that the landers will be transferred mainly to home insulation without bracelets, and those who improve the insulation will receive a fine of NIS 5,000.

660 monthly inspectors have been specially trained for a mission defined as "top priority" and they will move between homes for surprise inspections.

During a visit to Ben Gurion Airport today we spoke with Barak and Alona, ​​a couple of Israelis who flew to London, for the first time without the need for approval from the Exceptions Committee, "It's still stressful, we never printed so many documents before flying, and I still hope we did everything right

At first in the Exceptions Committee we both got approval and our daughter did not get approval, we appealed and in the end she got approval.

In any case, the Exceptions Committee has been canceled and we are very happy that it is possible to fly freely.

We work and study in London, hope to return in June for another visit to Israel and are happy that the sky is starting to open and that the situation is improving. "