Civil aviation authorities around the world should act quickly to aid international operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and in its aftermath, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says.
IATA said Monday that governments should work with the aviation industry to implement temporary measures “to ensure that licenses and certificates critical to managing aviation safety are extended to remain valid.” The governments should notify the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of the temporary measures they are taking, and they also should recognize the measures that other governments are filing with ICAO, IATA said.
Many regulators already have acted to give airlines and crewmembers the flexibility they need, “such as extensions to the validity periods for licenses, ratings and certificates, so operational capabilities can be maintained,” the organization said. “However to be effective…
