Ljubljana Airport launches rapid coronavirus testing

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Qantas resumes international flights

Emotions were high on Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights between Australia and New Zealand as part of a quarantine-free Covid-19 “travel bubble”, allowing families long separated by the pandemic to reunite and enabling Australia’s Qantas to restore scheduled international flights after more than a year. “(I’ll) yell, scream cry, hug, kiss, (feel) happy - all of these emotions at once”, Denise O’Donoghue, 63, said at Sydney Airport as she prepared to board her flight. The arrangement means passengers can make the three-hour flight across the Tasman Sea without having to complete a mandatory Covid-19 quarantine when they arrive. Television footage showed emotional scenes at the airports with families reuniting and hundreds of passengers thronging the international departure terminals at Australian airports. “It is the first time in 400 days that people can travel quarantine-free and we are adding 16 return flights a day to New Zealand, and they are full”, Qantas Chief Executive, Alan Joyce, said. Qantas will increase flights between the countries to about 200 each week, while Air New Zealand said it had quadrupled its flights to 30 on Monday, with its airplanes flying into New Zealand at 97% capacity. “It is truly exciting to start quarantine-free travel with Australia. Be it returning family, friends or holiday-makers, New Zealand says: ‘Welcome and enjoy yourself’”, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said. Australia was New Zealand’s largest source of international tourists before the pandemic, accounting for about 1.5 million arrivals or 40% of total visitors in 2019. The border opening received saturation coverage from media in both countries, with live television reporting from airports providing regular updates on the progress of flights. On a grass embankment at the foot of Wellington Airport’s runway, the words “Welcome Whanau” (family) were spelled out in giant letters. More than half a million New Zealand-born people live in Australia, just more than 2% of Australia’s population of nearly 26 million.
Source: Al Jazeera

Ljubljana Airport launches rapid coronavirus testing

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Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is now offering antigen rapid tests for detecting the coronavirus at its premises. It follows the opening of a PCR testing site at the airport late last month. As of January 9, passengers can undertake the rapid tests, with results delivered within thirty to sixty minutes. The price of the test is thirty euros. If the result is positive, the National Institute of Public Health is notified. All results are bilingual, in English and Slovenian. Passengers on arrival in Ljubljana on scheduled flights do not need to make an appointment to take the test, while departing travellers, arriving passengers on charter flights, general aviation passengers in arrivals and aircraft crew must make an appointment beforehand. The email and telephone numbers for bookings are listed on the Ljubljana Airport website. Those getting tested must show proof of payment, which is made at the information desk in the terminal building. Currently, only payment via cards are accepted.

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Anonymous10:47
Nice. This is useful, especially for incoming passengers.
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Anonymous12:13
That's can definitely be an exit strategy for Fraport, start medical business at LJU instead of aviation by converting the facilities for testing purposes. There are almost no flights anyway, so they can save from operational costs of running an airport and enjoy the trending medical business!
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Anonymous15:11
Why Belgrade doesn't do that?
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Anonymous15:32
This is a really smart move, until more accurate PCR tests yield quicker results, the only way to combat the virus spread is to use these sort of tests. LJU should really promote this service.
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Anonymous18:03
That is good, but who needs this? Most of the countries and airline companies want PCR-Test, they don't accept rapid.
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