Airlines for America (A4A) officials said the industry trade organization supports the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) recently released global air travel restart and recovery guidance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Take-off: Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis, recommends risk-mitigation measures for all phases of passenger and cargo air travel, from arriving at the terminal to boarding the aircraft to leaving the baggage claim area – including measures such as cleaning and disinfection, physical distancing and health screenings.
“Airlines connect the world, and we will reconnect the world as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic,” A4A officials said. “A4A applauds ICAO’s quick work to identify these measures to further enhance public health in the aviation sector. They build on the measures already put in place by U.S. and other airlines and they will be an important part of the global recovery.”
A4A said domestic airlines have implemented intensive cleaning protocols, including electrostatic cleaning and fogging procedures, and a host of procedures like back-to-front boarding and adjusting food and beverage services to help allow for distancing between people, with member airlines, encouraging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to begin conducting temperature screenings.
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