Penelope Canonico
07/01/2021 11:01
Clarín.com
Cities
Updated 07/01/2021 11:01
With the restriction that reduced the number of passengers that can arrive in Ezeiza from 2,000 to 600, on Thursday morning there was
a feeling of relief
among the travelers who had managed to sneak into that quota to reach Argentina.
Some had been offered dollar vouchers to give up their seats, but had been turned down.
Others paid more for a place in business.
Finally, they managed to enter the country.
Most accumulated
uncertainty
.
First was the question of whether they could board their flight.
Then came the doubts about how they should comply with the quarantine upon arrival.
For now, Buenos Aires residents will not have to do it in hotels if their PCR tests negative at the airport.
They will be able to spend the 7 days in isolation at home.
Another will be the fate of those who go on a trip from this July 1, who will have to isolate themselves for the first four days in a hotel.
In the City, the one-week quarantine is and will be at home, unless the test is positive.
Travelers were uncertain if they could return and what the quarantine would be like.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
During the morning of this Thursday, three flights arrived.
At 4.50, one of Aerolineas Argentinas landed from Miami.
Some of his passengers told
Clarín
that the company offered them
a $ 500 voucher and food if they agreed to reschedule their flight
for Saturday.
Fearing that the other flight would be canceled, the majority rejected the offer.
Gustavo Costa arrived on a Lufthansa plane from Frankfurt, which landed at 7: "
I paid for a business seat to ensure a place
on the way home and not have problems. In addition, I had to pay 110 euros and 2,500 pesos for the respective PCR, "he said.
Gustavo Costa paid for a seat in business to ensure his return.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
María del Mar (23), who arrived on the same plane, told
Clarín
: "After all that was said,
being in Argentina gives me peace of mind
. I spent 6 months in Finland. The fear that my flight would be canceled was present. Now, I am going to serve the quarantine at my house in Pilar. "
María del Mar lived in Finland for six months and felt calm when she was back in Argentina.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
"I signed an affidavit where
I agreed to take the risk of what might happen
. The restrictions are to take care of us. I knew this could happen," said Jonathan Chorovicz (39), TV producer, who quit his job in Finland and returned to the lack of certainty about what could happen, to hug his family first.
Jonathan Chorovicz quit his job as a TV producer in Finland to return to Argentina earlier.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
"The stocks in the tickets generated a lot of uncertainty and
fear of not being able to return
after so long, but my flight was one of those authorized to take off. I asked in Migrations how I should comply with the quarantine because I live in Mendoza. Now I know that I can do it. at my home, "said Paloma, as she greeted her boyfriend, who went to pick her up at the airport.
Paloma and her boyfriend, who met her at the airport.
"I was afraid of not being able to return."
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
"After hearing so much restriction, having the flight confirmed gave me security.
The uneasiness begins once you arrive in Argentina.
I don't know if in Aeroparque I will have to pay for a third PCR. This system implies financing a circus," Juana complained, accompanied for her two children, while waiting for a train to take her to Aeroparque to take a flight to Córdoba.
Juana had traveled to Germany.
And he revealed that
the plane was not complete
, despite the fact that at check-in it appeared as if it were.
Is that some airlines choose to
bring fewer passengers on their planes
in order to comply with the imposed quota of 600 among all flights that arrive on the same day.
Shortly after, a third Iberia flight arrived, from Madrid.
Most of the travelers consulted
were aware of the obligation to comply with quarantine
.
And at the same time, I felt the tranquility of having been able to return, in days when the number of
Argentines stranded
abroad multiplied
because their flights were canceled.
At 9.40 am the first passengers for
the 1.20
pm
Iberia flight to Madrid
began to appear in the departure hall
.
Cindy, one of the travelers, commented: "I am going until September to visit my family.
I don't know what can happen by the date of my return
."
Restrictions on flights abroad, in principle, apply until July 9 but could be extended.
Photo Guillermo Rodríguez Adami
Among those leaving, there was also a more general awareness of the inescapable isolation on the way back.
"I am leaving for 20 days. I have already signed to commit to quarantine in a hotel upon my return, no problem," Gerardo said.
A lady went to say goodbye to her son, who is going to live in Spain.
"My husband has already left and when they finish settling in, I'm going to go," she said. "It hurts me to leave the rest of my family here.
It's very sad to leave, but we can't find another way out
."
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