Air France is not being allowed to deplane in SXM. I guess they didn't get the email

Makes sense to me. Somebody radio the KLM flight. Private jets tooo.

This was on SXM Headline News:
"No more passenger flights from Europe with St. Maarten and BES Islands as final destination
The central government in The Hague has decided that all passenger flights from Europe to the BES Islands will be stopped as of Saturday, Mach 14, 8 pm (Dutch time). There will also be no more flights from Europe to St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba. This restriction will be valid until March 27, 6 pm (Dutch time).

Todays letter from Min. Bruins to the Second Chamber only applies to the travel from The Netherlands. The travel between the islands is not restricted by this letter, but St. Maarten and the BES Islands may be applying additional restrictions. At this time it is not known if Winair flights between the islands will be affected.

The restriction only applies to passenger flights towards the islands. Freight is exempted.

The exemption also applies for essential medical referrals.

The letter of Min. Bruins to the Second Chamber is HERE (in Dutch).

https://www.saba-news.com/no-more-passenger-flights-from-e…/"

So why was this plane allowed to land in the first place?

Current situation:
http://www.traveltalkonline.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/220735/trouble.html#Post220735

Or takeoff?

IMHO it won’t be long before other flights are suspended.

This is a spreader reduction game.

Ohio governor just said Thursday there are 100k people in Ohio walking around with COVID-19.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnjvX8oLBdo

He said that number will double every 6 days.

How many of them jump a plane to ATL, CLT, PHL, etc enroute to sunny SXM.

Covid-19 - Air France / Airport Issue

The travel history of six passengers on Saturday's Air France flight to St. Maarten from France was questioned due to some German nationals on board. Germany is one of the countries on St. Maarten's travel restriction list.

Two of the passengers are residents of Switzerland and originated from there. They were allowed to travel to St. Maarten as per the current travel restrictions.

The other four passengers with German nationality whose trip originated in Germany were return on the same flight back to France.

Passengers were kept on board until their information was confirmed. None had symptoms related to Covid-19.

(Source: Prime Minister of St. Maarten)

That Ohio governor just adds to the hysteria. Same thing our governor did.

No. He wants to save lives as your governor does. His head doctor, Dr Acton, she is very bright, calm, reassuring and scientific.

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200313/amy-acton-is-calming-leader-in-coronavirus-crisis

Your state unfortunately has been hit hard and your gov didn’t want it to continue.

Epidemiologist are saying each time an infected person goes in public they are infecting at least 2.xx people.

Be safe. And everyone remember even if you fight it off, at least 1% won’t.

Looks like they read my post and banned flights from USA. Again makes sense to protect the island.

I'll just wait and see how this all plays out.

Like you have a choice.