But wherever our weekend arrivals hail from they'll have to leave the airport in approved transportation.
That means either a shuttle transporting them to their hotel or an Airport union taxi. It's a measure to ensure that these incoming travellers, many of whom are meant to go straight into quarantine, are indeed going where they say they're going.
It may also be a line thrown to airport union taximen many of whom need the work, after being out of commission for months. We spoke to one union member today and asked how his taxi runs form part of the effort to prevent the spread.
Evan Thompson - Member, Airport Taxi Union
"Well the understanding that we got from them is that they will have to catch a cab either to the junction or the roundabout and from there they can pick up their loved one but they're not allowed to come into the airport they'd have to have a special pass to enter. Well, our job we will take them wherever they want to go but avoiding drop-offs and so we will take them directly to their destination to avoid the spread of this COVID thing here and to be safe at the same time so that's what we call our job that we're going to do and I have a piece of paper where I will write down everybody's name who I take and the destination where I will drop them off. So, I won't take them anywhere where they shouldn't be going."
Cherisse Halsall
"Do you feel that they've affected this process to incentivize the taxi union a bit to get some money flowing into your pockets?"
Evan Thompson
"Well, I think so you know and we really appreciate it because we haven't been working from March and that's a real lick on all of these guys right here so it will help, it will be slowly, slowly and surely but one you know will fill the basket."
77 travellers arrived today - and tomorrow is the true test when more than 250 are scheduled to arrive on two flights.
