The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is calling for the establishment of “COVID-19−free public health corridors (PHCs)” where specifically cleared crewmembers, aircraft, airport facilities and passengers can work.
The concept, recommended earlier this week by ICAO’s Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA), was developed to address disruptions in the international air movement of essential supplies, as well as the widely varying restrictions on aviation adopted by countries around the world to cope with the pandemic.
“The PHC concept has been developed using a risk-based approach, taking into account safety management principles, with the key elements being the use of ‘clean’ crew, ‘clean’ aircraft, ‘clean’ airport facilities and transporting ‘clean’ passengers,” ICAO said. “‘Clean’ in this context refers to implementing measures to ensure, as far as possible, a…
