Jordan announced on Sunday the resumption of flights with about twenty "green" countries, starting from the fifth of next August, after stopping for nearly five months due to the pandemic of the emerging Corona virus.
The Jordanian government last Tuesday identified a list of "green countries", that is, countries with a low-risk epidemic situation and travel to and from them will be permitted. The list includes 22 countries, including 12 countries that have direct flights with Jordan.
The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority, Haitham Misto, said that starting from the fifth of next August, the flights will be available to and from Jordan to specific countries.
Mesto added to the official television, "The Kingdom Channel" that "the Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority informed the operators of airlines in the world that Jordanian airports are ready to receive international flights from some selected countries based on a methodology prepared by the Ministry of Health previously dependent on the epidemiological situation" for these countries.
The list of green countries includes Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand.
Mesto explained that "those coming from green countries will not need a 14-day quarantine, but there are procedures, including checking the BCR before departure," noting that "the list of green countries may change every two weeks."
For his part, Jordanian Minister of Transport Khaled Saif said that "the Foreign Ministry is discussing with countries that are on the green list to operate flights with them," explaining that "Jordan is awaiting results to confirm the conduct of flights."
He continued, "The aircraft will operate when the airports are reopened with their full capacity."
He said that "the next traveler to Jordan will pledge that he has spent 14 days in the green country, and there is a fine of 10,000 dinars (more than 14 thousand dollars) as it turns out that the information is inaccurate."
He added that "the heat of passengers will be measured through five thermal scanners (...) while there will be 11 stations at the airport to take BCR samples, and 22 counters designated for laboratory registration and receipt of the results of the tests."
On March 17, the Jordanian authorities suspended international flights and closed airports until further notice due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
Since then, the Kingdom has undertaken exceptional trips, during which more than twenty thousand Jordanians were stuck abroad. About 25,000 Arabs and foreigners have been returned from Jordan to their countries.