Lisbon International Airport Shows Heavy Traffic As Summer Vacations Period Approaches End

LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 31: United Airlines Boeing 767-424ER taxies for take-off for Newark, USA, from Lisbon Humberto Delgado International Airport on the last day of August, coinciding with the end of Summer vacation period in Europe, during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic on August 31, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The busy airport reflects that local and foreign tourism has picked up and life is returning to normal in Portugal as most of the population has been already vaccinated against COVID-19. Health authorities notified 1,908 new cases and 13 deaths associated with COVID-19 within 24 hours, with the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 being the only one circulating in the country and responsible for 100% of present infections. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)