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Travel in the Age of Covid-19
Title (Dublin Core)
Travel in the Age of Covid-19
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https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive/item/30217
Travelling at the best of times can induce stress and anxiety. In the times of Covid-19, it is a whole different experience.
I am dropped off at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. The departure screen, usually filled with flight information, now only has a handful of flights on display.
Incoming flights into Melbourne have been suspended entirely.
My destination is Bahrain via Dubai International Airport.
Emirates Airlines EK409 is flying at about a third of its capacity (the Melbourne-Dubai route is, at normal times, a very popular one and flights are usually almost full).
The extra room is welcome, allowing many travellers to lay down and enjoy a little comfort in these uncomfortable times.
Masks as well as gloves are required throughout the flight. A hygiene kit is provided.
I sleep for most of the flight. When I arrive in Dubai, sitting in the terminal building waiting for my connection (which is in 10 hours because of reduced flights frequency), and as a way of passing the time, I join one of my online University classes.
Three months later, in October 2020, when this journal was written, travel is still a very complicated affair. This is the worst crisis to hit the industry since the attacks of September the 11th 2001.
I will not take travel for granted ever again.
This reflection was submitted as part of the HIST30060 Making History project at the University of Melbourne.
https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive/item/30217
Travelling at the best of times can induce stress and anxiety. In the times of Covid-19, it is a whole different experience.
I am dropped off at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. The departure screen, usually filled with flight information, now only has a handful of flights on display.
Incoming flights into Melbourne have been suspended entirely.
My destination is Bahrain via Dubai International Airport.
Emirates Airlines EK409 is flying at about a third of its capacity (the Melbourne-Dubai route is, at normal times, a very popular one and flights are usually almost full).
The extra room is welcome, allowing many travellers to lay down and enjoy a little comfort in these uncomfortable times.
Masks as well as gloves are required throughout the flight. A hygiene kit is provided.
I sleep for most of the flight. When I arrive in Dubai, sitting in the terminal building waiting for my connection (which is in 10 hours because of reduced flights frequency), and as a way of passing the time, I join one of my online University classes.
Three months later, in October 2020, when this journal was written, travel is still a very complicated affair. This is the worst crisis to hit the industry since the attacks of September the 11th 2001.
I will not take travel for granted ever again.
This reflection was submitted as part of the HIST30060 Making History project at the University of Melbourne.
Date (Dublin Core)
Creator (Dublin Core)
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HIST30060
Partner (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Text and photographs
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--Universities
English
Healthcare
English
Online Learning
English
Travel
English
Transportation
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
travel
Dubai
International students
Australia
Melbourne
airport
education
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
2020/11/08
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
2020/11/10
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2020/07/15
This item was submitted on November 8, 2020 by Yusuf Abdulwahab using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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