After a year of pandemic-induced change, the aviation industry has begun anticipating that the proliferation of COVID-19 vaccinations may be laying the groundwork for recovery.
However, recovery depends not only on vaccinating the public but also on a variety of other factors, including the overall state of the economy.
Challenges facing the aviation industry are unprecedented, and uncertainties remain about the likely pace of the recovery, Heather Krause, a director of the U.S. Government Accountability Office physical infrastructure team, says.
To cope with those uncertainties, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and a number of aviation organizations have offered guidelines for resuming air travel in ways that guard people against unnecessary health risks and are intended to help flying in the post-pandemic era to be as safe and secure as it was before.
The ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART), for example, has published “Take-Off Guide…
