Two international aviation organizations – Flight Safety Foundation and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) – are urging governments to adopt a coordinated, data-driven approach to the reopening of borders to international travel.
“Safely restarting aviation will require government and industry to agree on a risk-based approach to reopening air travel, but that is nothing new for aviation,” Capt. Conor Nolan, chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Governors, said Wednesday. “Managing safety risk is in our DNA. The tools to restart – vaccines, health and hygiene protocols and proven antigen testing – already exist, but we need government leadership to move the process forward.”
In separate action, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said last week that an inconsistent approach to the relaxation of COVID-19 border restrictions across Europe should be replaced with a coordinated plan that applies across all European Union (EU) countries.
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