{"id":105426,"date":"2021-01-24T17:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T17:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=105426"},"modified":"2021-01-24T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T17:09:13","slug":"klm-will-maintain-long-haul-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/01\/klm-will-maintain-long-haul-flights.html","title":{"rendered":"KLM will maintain long-haul flights."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dutch airline <strong>KLM<\/strong> will keep operating long haul flights, including for vaccine distribution, after agreeing with the government on softer demands for returning air crews to carry out rapid COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/01\/klm-will-eliminate-between-800-and-1000-additional-jobs.html\"><em>KLM will eliminate between 800 and 1,000 additional jobs.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KLM said earlier in the week it would cancel all its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands as a result of new COVID-19 rules, requiring passengers and crew to show evidence of a negative rapid coronavirus test taken just before departure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/healthcoronavirus-klm\/update-1-klm-to-keep-long-haul-flights-as-covid-testing-demands-are-softened-idUSL1N2JZ02J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But KLM on Saturday evening said it had reached a compromise in which flight crew on high coronavirus risk flights would take a rapid antigen test before departure from the Netherlands and after their return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See also: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/en\/2021\/01\/norwegian-air-gets-government-backing-for-its-plan.html\"><em>Norwegian Air gets government backing for its plan.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crew would also have to follow strict quarantine rules during their stay abroad, the health ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Netherlands last week 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