The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which includes a large part of the world’s airlines, today asked governments to lift “immediately“The restrictions on flights that were issued urgently two weeks ago in response to the alarm over the omicron variant.
Those restrictions have been discouraged by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health agencies, IATA said in a statement.
“After two years of COVID-19 we know a lot about the virus and the uselessness of travel restrictions to control its transmission, but the appearance of the omicron variant produced instant amnesia“The association’s general director, Willie Walsh, lamented in the official note.
IATA therefore calls for an end to the “chaos“Caused by the emergency that in a few hours generated the detection of the omicron variant and” leaving behind uncoordinated measures and without evidence or advice that travelers suffer, “stressed the head of the association.
“It is unacceptable that urgent decisions have created fear and uncertainty in travelers just now that many are going to take trips to see their family or enjoy their well-deserved vacationsWalsh said.
Going forward, IATA calls for civil aviation strategies that are adaptable, proportionate, non-discriminatory and frequently reviewed in light of the latest data from the pandemic, which has caused heavy losses to the airline industry in the past two years.
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