International Airports Council (ICA) calls on governments to base all travel restrictions on scientific evidence
Following the steps taken by IATA, which shows that travel restrictions do not affect infection rates and calls on governments to lift travel restrictions, it is the turn of the International Council of Airports (ICA) to sound the alarm!
The International Council of Airports (ICA) calls on governments to base all travel measures and restrictions on scientific evidence and specialized studies. The spread of the Omicron variant for COVID-19 has led European authorities to re-impose travel restrictions in an effort to keep the epidemiological situation under control and to prevent a further increase in the number of infections.
But more and more international organizations are sounding the alarm and saying that these reactions from governments are unfounded and that the measures are being imposed without justification.
Although such preventive measures have been imposed in response to the recent increase in the number of infections, such measures have not been approved by some international organizations. They call on the world's governments to keep their borders open to stop the economic collapse. Many economic sectors, including aviation and tourism, have been severely affected by these pandemic restrictions.
These steps are being taken by IATA and ACI to join the World Health Organization, which has called on governments to find alternative solutions to the epidemiological situation and to stop imposing travel bans and other restrictions.
ACI supports the call of other organizations, such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the World Tourism and Travel Council (WTTC), and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). travel measures should be applied on the basis of studies and be uniform in all countries.
In this regard, the Director General of ACI World, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, stressed that travel bans and the closure of borders are not an effective and correct solution. The population should be properly protected, based on risk ratios, but also from an economic and social point of view.