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Joint Industry Call on Governments to Consider Aviation Workers Essential for Vaccination Translations: 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 g...

IATA urges govts to consider aviation workers as essential for vaccination GENEVA, December 18, 2020 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 ...

December 2020 346 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 transportation of the Covid-19 vaccines has already begun, and as calculations sh...

IATA Calls for Employees in Aviation to be Considered Essential Workers (16 Dec 2020) IATA has renewed its call on governments to ensure that employees in the aviation sector are considered as essential workers during the impending COVID19 vaccine campaign, once health care workers and vulnerable groups have been protected. IATA’s call is aligned with the proposed Roadmap for Prioritizing Uses of COVID19 Vaccines by the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). The roadmap recommends priority popu...

IATA asks aviation staff be given ‘essential’ status By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday urged governments around the world to consider aviation industry employees as essential workers during the impending COVID-19 vaccination campaign after healthcare providers and vulnerable groups have been inoculated. “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,” IATA director-general an...