Skip to main content

Iata: 'No single measure to enable safe restart of flying'

Government
James Chapple
20 May 2020

Iata boss Alexandre de Juniac has said there is no single measure that will reduce risk and enable flying to restart safely amid the coronavirus crisis.

(Credit: Suhyeon Choi/Unsplash)

The association has set out a biosecurity "roadmap" comprising measures to guard against the spread of Covid-19 throughout the passenger journey pre- and post-flight.


Iata has been vocal in its opposition to quarantine on arrival solutions imposed by several governments, and insists temperature screening and contact tracing were more effective tools in the fight against coronavirus.


It has also echoed suggestions from across the aviation sector, most notably Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary, that onboard social distancing was impractical, ineffective and unviable.