Flying back to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: what to expect in the “new normal”
Flying back to the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: what to expect in the “new normal”
by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Eagle News) — With no end in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided to join 391 stranded Filipino seaferers, workers, and tourists in a repatriation flight organized by the Philippine Embassy in the The Hague last July 3, 2020. KL 875 would take us from Amsterdam to Manila via Bangkok in approximately 15 hours and 45 minutes. – Check-in – Schiphol Airport stands eerily quiet. […]