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After five months of inactivity due to the coronavirus pandemic, air transport in Colombia again operated this Tuesday on national routes, measure with which the country’s authorities hope that it will help to reactivate the tourism and aeronautical sector.
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One of the cities that activated its air operation was Cartagena, where the first authorized passengers arrived in this new reality scheme and which is considered the Mecca of Colombian tourism. The travelers were received at the Rafael Núñez airport by the mayor of the city, William Dau, who said at a press conference that he is very happy about the reopening of the flights but confessed that at the same time he feels “nervous about a possible outbreak that we are presented with with the reopening” of the city to tourism.
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“With so many people taking to the streets, with so many flights that are going to be arriving, it is key that we all protect ourselves; self-care is the key to protect all of society,” said the mayor.
However, He assured that in a recent meeting with President Iván Duque, he told him that the first city to receive international flights again would be Cartagena. However, he did not specify the date.
President Duque has said that in September The pilots will begin to restart international flights in the country and have already received requests from Barranquilla, Cartagena, Medellín and Pereira.
“We are going to begin to restore international flights. Obviously it will not be with full dynamism as we had before the pandemic. We are already identifying those routes,” the head of state warned recently.
