KLM - Everyone will follow5 May 2020 13:07
KLM has today resumed operations to a number of its European destinations, and is now running a daily flight from Amsterdam to Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw and Helsinki.
It has said from 11 May, travellers will be obliged to bring their own masks that cover their nose and mouth, and it expects to keep this measure in place until the end of August.
“This involves face protection in the broadest sense of the word,” a spokesperson for KLM told the broadcaster NOS. “A scarf is also fine if it is tight.”
Travellers will be checked at the gate. Anyone not wearing sufficient face covering, will get a mask from KLM. If that stock runs out, the traveller will not be allowed on the flight.
Some of KLM’s existing destinations already require face masks to be worn on board flights.
KLM said it hopes to increase the number of flights in May to about 15%. Before this week it was operating at around 10% of its normal schedule.