The resumption of foreign air traffic after declining demand through the COVID-19 pandemic has been complicated by persistent foreign mobility constraints that are still in place in many countries. Among the Group of Eight countries, Canada maintains the highest restrictive measures for foreign travel. A few days ago, Public Security Minister Bill Blair announced that the measures launched last March had been extended to at least 30 September.
However, according to a Reuters report bringing a note from investment bank analyst Raymond James, Air Canada will issue a coVID-19 voluntary passenger check on September 7 to ease restrictions for other people traveling abroad. Canada.
Currently, only Canadian citizens and permanent citizens can enter Canada from the country, and everyone entering is subject to 40 days.
Air Canada, Westjet and all other Canadian airlines have made repeated attempts to force the administration into restriction to allow recovery of foreign travel, but to date, the Canadian government has maintained a very strict technique for managing the country’s borders.
This new test formula will begin after Labor Day weekend and see Air Canada cooperate with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) “in the hope that the knowledge gathered will convince the government to take a more clinical approach. With the 14 days the quarantine requirement was lifted or reduced for those who passed the [negative] tests,” Raymond James savanthi syth analyst said in Tuesday’s note, Reuters reported.
It is not known how the tests would work, how they would be administered, and how often. However, the note mentions that some of these tests will be conducted at home through travelers five to 10 days after arrival a kit that will be delivered to them.
In a survey run by the International Air Transport Association, 83% of respondents said they would decline to travel if a quarantine period is required at their destination or upon their return at their place of residence. Therefore, the imposition of a 14-day quarantine by the Canadian government to all Canadians wishing to travel is almost a travel ban. Consequently, the airline industry is pushing authorities around the world to replace quarantine with a layered approach that requires testing before and after an international flight in order to encourage a recovery in international travel demand.
No comments have been made on the note neither by Air Canada nor by the GTAA or the Canadian government. If confirmed, this solution would be similar to those adopted by some other countries, especially those whose economies heavily rely on tourism and cannot afford to keep their borders shut for many months. A combination of pre-travel testing and a series of post-travel repeat tests with an initial isolation period before the results of the first on-site test are ready appear to be the most common methodology used by tourism-oriented countries looking to restore a meaningful influx of visitors.
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