Paris-Orly airport reopens after 3-month virus closure

Paris's Orly airport reopened on Friday for the first time in nearly three months after air travel collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic, but flights will

A plane operated by low-cost carrier Transavia took off for the Portuguese port city of Porto, the first commercial flight since the airport south of Paris came to a halt on March 31. Two firetrucks on either side of the plane shot a festive arc"water salute" over the stationary aircraft, with the passengers inside waiting to taxi to the runway.

They will be on more than 70 flights compared to the normal run of 600 a day. Traffic is due to increase to 200 flights daily in July but it will depend much on whether Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia reopen their borders as well as on whether the virus remains under control.For nearly three months, all commercial flights from Paris have taken off from the main Charles de Gaulle airport, to the north of the capital, in order to rationalise costs.

Staff also used thermal cameras to check the temperatures of passengers. Others dressed in protective white suits and masks sprayed disinfectant on surfaces like automatic check-in screens. Almost all the stores at Orly 3 were to open on Friday, apart from a few exceptions such as a self-service sweet shop.

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