Hamad becomes first Middle Eastern airport to achieve 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Safety Rating
Following a three-day audit, Skytrax awarded Hamad International Airport with the highest airport COVID-19 safety rating.
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Following a three-day audit, Skytrax awarded Hamad International Airport with the highest airport COVID-19 safety rating.
By temporarily adopting more flexible airport slot rules as quickly as possible, governments can help to preserve essential air transport connectivity.
Heathrow will have access to the testing data collected by four of its airlines for its pre-departure testing trials. The information will be used to evaluate whether pre-departure testing is robust and safe enough to replace quarantine.
The pandemic has had a drastic impact on connectivity, with IATA’s Senior Vice President for Member External Relations stressing that "there are no winners, just some players that suffered fewer injuries."
The partnership will support the world’s airports in planning for summer 2021, ensuring that they continue to provide the economic and social benefits to the communities that they serve.
John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, New York Stewart International and Teterboro Airports have received the accreditation.
The manual will help to move the industry beyond measures such as quarantine as it provides guidance for countries in implementing COVID-19 testing programmes.
The CAC has called on the Canadian government to implement a range of additional supportive relief measures as COVID-19 continues to drastically impact passenger numbers.
ICAO's new manual will work to help countries assess their overall air transport public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The strategy will work to support the aviation industry's recovery by limiting travellers' required self-isolation period upon entering England after travelling to countries not featured on the UK government’s travel corridor list.
ACI World's new proposed audit programme, to be delivered in partnership with Bureau Veritas, will support the airport industry's recovery from COVID-19.
The facility will offer COVID-19 PCR swab tests to passengers, employees based at Gatwick and the general public, including local residents.
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The two facilities, which will be operated by Randox and RocDoc, will offer the option of either a drive-through or walk-in test and PCR or LAMP testing.
The exercise was undertaken with participation from Hong Kong Airlines and more than 20 organisations and government departments.