“And it must give governments confidence that they are protected from importing the virus.”
The airlines, under the aegis of International Air Transport Association urged governments to find alternatives to maintaining or introducing arrival quarantine measures as part of post-pandemic travel restrictions.
In Nigeria for instance, the quarantine rule is already in place to have all arriving international passengers go on two-week quarantine at designated hotels and apartments. About 600 Nigerians recently evacuated from Dubai, United States and United Kingdom are still being quarantine. So, to protect aviation’s ability to be a catalyst for the economic recovery, “we must not make that prognosis worse by making travel impracticable with quarantine measures. We need a solution for safe travel that addresses two challenges. It must give passengers confidence to travel safely and without undue hassle.
The mutual recognition of agreed measures is critical for the resumption of international travel. This is a key deliverable of the COVID-19 Aviation Recovery Task Force of the International Civil Aviation Organization . “We don’t expect 2019 levels to be exceeded until 2023. As international markets open and economies recover, there will be further growth in air travel from the 2020 low point. But even by 2025 we would expect global Revenue Passenger Kilometers to be 10 per cent lower than the previous forecast.”
“Major stimulus from governments combined with liquidity injections by central banks will boost the economic recovery once the pandemic is under control. But rebuilding passenger confidence will take longer. And even then, individual and corporate travelers are likely to carefully manage travel spend and stay closer to home,” de Juniac said.
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