COVID-19 testing facility opens at London Stansted Airport
The opening of the facility at Stansted is part of Manchester Airports Group's efforts to support the resumption of air travel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The opening of the facility at Stansted is part of Manchester Airports Group's efforts to support the resumption of air travel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following new guidelines being published by the EASA and ECDC, European aviation associations have called for an end to quarantine measures due to being proven as ineffective.
The new guidelines outline that travellers should be treated in the same way as members of the local population who have not had any direct contact to a person infected with COVID-19.
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.
Despite Estonia and Latvia being removed, a number of Pacific Islands, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Mongolia and Aruba have been added to the UK government's travel corridors list.
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.
The IATA Travel Pass will support the safe reopening of borders by managing and verifying the secure flow of necessary testing or vaccine information among governments, airlines, laboratories and travellers.
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.
The facility will offer COVID-19 PCR swab tests to passengers, employees based at Gatwick and the general public, including local residents.
Following a decrease in cases of COVID-19, 10 destinations - including Israel and Jerusalem - have been added to the travel corridors list.
The agreement will preserve the continuation of travel, protect the economy and ensure that the UK remains one of the world’s leading aviation hubs.
Kirsty Wells, SeMS Programme Lead, and Nina Smith, Head of Training and Human Factors at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), discuss the move towards Performance Based Oversight and how SeMS is the stepping stone in achieving this, alongside the professionalisation of training.
The second edition of ICAO's Take-off guidance includes recommendations on COVID-19 testing, travel bubbles and regulatory alleviations.