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International airline lobby urges action on global connectivity
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to adopt recently endorsed international commitments aimed at accelerating the restoration of global air connectivity. Read More » States attending an International Civil Aviation Organization high level conference on COVID-19 earlier this month endorsed 14 measures intended to meet consumer demand for a revival of air travel. IATA said the most important of these committed governments to effective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through international air travel and promoted a harmonised and inclusive approach to facilitating safe international air travel through a risk-based approach. This directives include easing testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated or recovered passengers. IATA director-general, Willie Walsh, said government restrictions continued to hinder the revival of international travel, which remained 70% down on pre-pandemic levels. “The ICAO HLCC commitments show governments understand what is needed to re-start global connectivity,’’ Walsh said. “The task now is implementation. Some governments have started. The imminent opening of the U.S. market to vaccinated travelers will be a big step forward. But we cannot let the output of this meeting remain as words on paper. The airline industry, 88 million livelihoods, 3.5% of global GDP and billions of travelers are counting on governments to deliver on the risk-managed reopening of international travel to which they have committed.”
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