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The Latin American and Caribbean aviation industry is urging governments in the region to roll back newly imposed travel restrictions, including Covid testing requirements and flight bans on certain routes.
The effort comes as airline groups elsewhere wage similar campaigns against new restrictions that have, in some regions, stalled or reversed the sector’s recovery from the pandemic.
“Measures that had been lifted, such as quarantines on top of testing requirements, are being re-imposed,” says a joint statement from several Latin American and Caribbean aviation groups. “All of this represents a setback in the recovery efforts in many economic sectors, such as travel and tourism.”
Regional aviation industry wants flight restrictions lifted
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Airlines, airports and suppliers rejected on Monday the flight restrictions to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean put in place because of to the new strain of covid19.
In a press release, the International Council of Airports of Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Organization of Civil Service Providers of Air Navigation (CANSO), said the measures threaten the economic recovery of the sector.
The associations highlighted the re-imposition of quarantines and test requirements, as well as new bans on flights to certain destinations.
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Given their direct contacts with air travellers, airlines and regional bodies have urged governments to treat aviation employees as essential workers as the COVID-19 vaccination campaign kicks off in different parts of the world.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), jointly said the aviation workers are just as central to the disease prevention as the health workers.
The industry’s call on governments aligns with the World Health Organisation’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation Proposed Roadmap for Prioritising Uses of COVID-19 Vaccines.
Joint Industry Call on Governments to Consider Aviation Workers Essential for Vaccination
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Miami – The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), are jointly reaching out to governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending COVID-19 vaccine campaign.
The industry’s call to governments is aligned with the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization proposed Roadmap for Prioritizing Uses of COVID-19 Vaccines. This outlines priority populations for vaccination based on epidemiologic setting and vaccine supply scenarios. Within this framework, SAGE has included transportation workers alongside other essential sectors outsi
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