IATA: Implement ICAO’s Takeoff guidelines

“The universal implementation of global standards has made aviation safe. A similar approach is critical in this crisis so that we can safely restore air connectivity as borders and economies re-open, ” Juniac said

KUALA LUMPUR: Governments are urged to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general and chief executive officer Alexandre de Juniac.

He said the ICAO council had yesterday approved the Takeoff: Guidance for Air Travel through the Covid-19 Public Health Crisis (Takeoff), an authoritative and comprehensive framework of risk-based temporary measures for air transport operations during the Covid-19 crisis.