{"id":10441,"date":"2020-03-13T13:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/?p=10441"},"modified":"2020-07-31T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T06:52:29","slug":"impact-of-coronavirus-on-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/impact-of-coronavirus-on-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Coronavirus on passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Obviously, the coronavirus is having an important impact on passengers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has published a note answering the main questions that passengers may have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I do not want to travel any more, can I rebook or get reimbursed?<\/li>\n<li>I am not feeling healthy and I am not sure whether I should be travelling?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if my carrier has cancelled or postponed the flight\/ train\/bus&amp; coach\/ ship?<\/li>\n<li>Are there additional measures in place which I have to respect before or during my travel?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if I have been put in quarantine and cannot continue my travel as planned?<\/li>\n<li>Am I allowed to travel if I depart from an affected area?<\/li>\n<li>Can I travel if I have been in contact with someone who has been affected?<\/li>\n<li>My flight has been cancelled and I will miss my next connection \u2013 so what I can do to continue my travel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Commission has published a separate note to explain the rights of passengers who have booked a package tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/health\/coronavirus-response\/travel-and-transportation_en#passengerrights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Both notes can be consulted here. <\/a>\u00a0In the current situation, EPF asks passengers to use this website for information and take a personal responsible decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amid the #COVID19 crisis, EPF president Michel Quidort reinforces the importance of public transport and the need of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Information, recompensation and alternatives for passengers<\/li>\n<li>A minimum level of public transport for basic needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nGJYMxFPytA\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously, the coronavirus is having an important impact on passengers. The European Commission has published a note answering the main questions that passengers may have: I do not want to travel any more, can I rebook or get reimbursed? I am not feeling healthy and I am not sure whether I should be travelling? What happens if my carrier has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10441"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10498,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10441\/revisions\/10498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epf.eu\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}