By accelerating the establishment of vaccination and testing certifications, IATA has stressed that governments can better support the re-establishment of global air connectivity.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to partner with the air transport industry to devise plans to safely re-link people, business and economies when the COVID-19 pandemic situation permits. A priority for this critical cooperation is the acceleration of the establishment of vaccination and testing certification.
“We can see the light at the end of the tunnel as vaccination programmes roll out. Turning this vision into a safe and orderly re-start will require careful planning and coordination by governments and industry. This will be challenging, as the priority for the weeks and months ahead will be containing the spread of new variants. But, even as the crisis deepens, it is important to prepare the way for a resumption of flights when the epidemiological situ
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Iata said it does not take a position on whether vaccines should be mandatory for flight crew, maintaining that is a matter for states to decide.
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) renewed its call on governments to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending Covid-19 vaccine campaign, once health care workers and vulnerable groups have been protected.
“We are not asking for aviation workers to be on top of the list, but we need governments to ensure that transportation workers are considered as essential when vaccine roll-out plans are developed,” the global airlines body said in a unanimously adopted resolution adopted at its annual general meeting.