Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to make data-driven decisions to manage the risks of Covid-19 when reopening borders to international travel.
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The EU has banned Belarusian carriers from its airspace and airports over the forced landing of Ryanair flight FR4978 and arrest of the opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich.
EU ambassadors agreed during a meeting on Friday to require member states to deny the country’s carriers landing and taking off rights and forbid them from overflying the territory of the 27 member states from Saturday.
The European aviation safety agency (EASA) has also issued a directive which effectively bans EU aircraft from flying over Belarusian airspace or landing on its territory.
The twin move follows last month’s denunciation by EU heads of state and government of the interception of the Athens-to-Vilnius flight on 23 May on which Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega were passengers.
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Iata warns of ‘8-hour chaos’ at airports without digitized health checks issacjohn@khaleejtimes.com Filed on June 1, 2021
Iata has developed a Travel Pass, enabling passengers to receive Covid-19 test results and verify they are eligible to undertake their journey through an ‘OK to Travel’ status. File photo
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Without the digitisation of checks, the average time spent in airport processing could reach 5.5 hours per trip at 75 per cent of pre-Covid traffic levels and eight hours when traffic recovers 100 per cent.
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has warned that airport processing times could reach eight hours per trip as traffic recovers, unless governments move quickly to adopt digitized solutions for Covid-19 checks.
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