As countries begin reopening their borders to travelers, airlines and airports will ask a UN working group on Tuesday to present that countries are satisfied with a negative result of the Covid-19 verification within 48 hours of travellers leaving countries with the highest infection rates of the requirement. quarantines that have reduced the call to travel, according to Reuters.
If an executing organization is established through the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization with the proposal, the rules will most likely be accepted through the 193 member countries.
Requiring negative control of Covid-19 prior to departure will reduce the import threat by up to 90% and open up between more countries, as proposed by the International Airports Council and the International Air Transport Association, according to Reuters.
Organizations are looking for a way to circumvent quarantine needs that deter travelers.
About 85% of respondents said they feared they had to be quarantined on their travels and only 17% said they were willing to quarantine them, according to a July IATA survey.
Countries such as France, Senegal, Antigua and the Dominican Republic already require a negative Covid-19 verification of a mandatory quarantine.
“Quarantine is a call to kill. Keeping borders closed prolongs pain by causing economic hardship beyond airlines. If governments need to revive their tourism sector, measures based on the risk of choice are needed,” said IATA CEO and CEO Alexandre de Juniac.
Many airlines do not expect the call to return to 2019 until 2023 or 2024, de Juniac said. Most of 58% of respondents to the July IATA survey said they had moved away from air travel and 33% said they would avoid long-term travel to reduce the threat of Covid-19. When asked to rank the 3 main measures that would make them feel safer, 37% said covid-19 detection at departure airports, 34% agreed with facial policy guarantees and 33% reported social distance measures on the plane.
$365 billion. This is the maximum loss of passenger operating revenue for airlines in 2020, according to an ICAO report of 12 August. The organization expects overall relief from 2.860 million passengers.
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