Three Vital Pandemic Lessons for Governments to Restore Public Confidence
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to apply the lessons learned from the dismantling of global connectivity in response to COVID-19 to ensure that future global health threats can be effectively managed without closing borders. The World Health Organization (WHO) long advised that border closures are not an effective means of managing […]
After two years of closed borders, Australia welcomes the world back
Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and injecting billions of dollars into the world No. 13 economy. The move effectively calls time on the last main component of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which it […]
Keys to Safely Restoring Global Mobility: Simplicity, Predictability, Practicality
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to adopt simple, predictable and practical measures to safely and efficiently facilitate the ramping-up of international travel as borders re-open. Specifically, IATA urged governments to focus on three key areas: Simplified health protocols Digital solutions to process health credentials COVID-19 measures proportionate to risk levels with […]
Re-open Borders with Simplified Risk Management
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for an end to wildly inconsistent COVID-19 travel restrictions that are stalling the recovery of air transport. It urged governments to implement simplified regimes to manage the risks of COVID-19 as borders re-open to international travel. “Travel restrictions bought governments time to respond in the early days of […]
Statement on Australia’s Announcement on Reopening of Borders
In response to the announcement by the Australian government on the next steps to reopen, Philip Goh, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific, gave the following comment: “This is a step forward. But more can still be done. The announcement of the November timeline and the removal of the international arrival caps are positive […]
Qantas to relaunch international flights as border reopens
Qantas will bring forward the restart of its international flights to November 14th. The news comes in response to an announcement from the Australian federal government that the country will reopen its border from November. The move will give long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives. Since March last, Australia has had some of […]
