The joint European Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) and Europe Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) aim to protect both travellers and aviation personnel when airlines resume regular flight operations.
Its core principles include observing social distancing wherever possible; wearing medical face masks to protect others; and practising "scrupulous and frequent" hand hygiene.
Easa and the ECDC said pragmatism should be at the heart of implementation, recognising all airports, airlines and aircraft differ; it has pledged to give further guidance on ways individual locations and situations can be "re-engineered" to meet the new standards.
