• IATA,ACI outline roadmap for aviation industry restart

    IATA,ACI outline roadmap for aviation industry restart

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    Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have called on governments to ensure any new measures introduced for airports and airlines in the wake of COVID-19 are supported by scientific evidence and are consistent across the world.

    The aviation sector has been brought to a standstill and a balanced and effective restart and recovery depends on collaboration among the key participants in the global aviation ecosystem.

    ACI and IATA have jointly issued a paper laying out a pathway for restarting the aviation industry – Safely Restarting Aviation – ACI and IATA Joint Approach.

    Airlines and airports have cooperated to build a roadmap for resuming operations which reassures the travelling public that health and safety remain the overall priorities.

    The joint approach proposes a layered approach of measures across the entire passenger journey to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 at airports and onboard aircraft, and to prevent aviation becoming a meaningful source of international re-infection.

    Such measures should be globally consistent and subject to continued review, improvement, and removal when no longer required, to ensure an even recovery.

    ACI and IATA are both central members the COVID-19 Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) being led by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

    “Airports and airlines have come together with ICAO and the wider aviation industry to address the biggest challenge ever faced by commercial aviation in restarting a global industry while continuing to halt the spread of COVID-19,” ACI World Director General Angela Gittens said.

    IATA Board declares – Principles for Industry Re-start

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a commitment by the airline CEOs on its Board of Governors to five principles for re-connecting the world by air transport. These principles are:

    1. Aviation will always put safety and security first: Airlines commit to work with our partners in governments, institutions and across the industry to:

    • Implement a science-based biosecurity regime that will keep our passengers and crew safe while enabling efficient operations.
    • Ensure that aviation is not a meaningful source for the spread of communicable diseases, including COVID-19.

    2. Aviation will respond flexibly as the crisis and science evolve: Airlines commit to work with our partners in governments, institutions and across the industry to:Utilize new science and technology as it becomes available, for example, reliable, scalable and efficient solutions for COVID-19 testing or immunity passports.

    • Develop a predictable and effective approach to managing any future border closures or mobility restrictions.
    • Ensure that measures are scientifically supported, economically sustainable, operationally viable, continuously reviewed, and removed/replaced when no longer necessary.

    3. Aviation will be a key driver of the economic recovery: Airlines commit to work with our partners in governments, institutions and across the industry to:

    • Re-establish capacity that can meet the demands of the economic recovery as quickly as possible.
    • Ensure that affordable air transport will be available in the post-pandemic period.

    4. Aviation will meet its environment targets: Airlines commit to work with our partners in governments, institutions and across the industry to:

    • Achieve our long-term goal of cutting net carbon emissions to half of 2005 levels by 2050.
    • Successfully implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

    5. Aviation will operate to global standards which are harmonized and mutually recognized by governments: Airlines commit to work with our partners in governments, institutions and across the industry to:

    • Establish the global standards necessary for an effective re-start of aviation, particularly drawing on strong partnerships with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
    • Ensure that agreed measures are effectively implemented and mutually recognized by governments.

    “By committing to these principles, the leaders of the world’s airlines will guide the safe, responsible and sustainable re-start of our vital economic sector. Flying is our business. And it is everyone’s shared freedom,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO. Source: IATA

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