Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) announces that Rosario International Airport “Islas Malvinas” (AIR) located in the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, has received certification from the Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) program. The AHA program provides airports with an assessment of how aligned they are with the health protocols, in all areas and stages of the passenger process, proposed by the ACI Business Restart and Recover guidelines and that are aligned with the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART). This program is designed to assure travelers that certified airport facilities remain safe and are committed to complying with sanitary protocols to prevent contagions and is valid for 12 [...]

Source: IATA Unilabs, the leading European diagnostic services provider, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, have signed an agreement to incorporate Unilabs’ worldwide Covid-19 testing network into IATA Travel Pass. The agreement will make Unilabs one of the first major lab groups to be integrated into IATA’s Travel Pass app. Proof of a negative Covid-19 test is required by many governments as a condition of entry, and the app makes the process seamless, secure, and easy. “Covid-19 testing will play a role in re-starting international travel. Travelers will need to understand test requirements, locate labs, verify their identity to the lab and transfer their test results to relevant parties – airlines and [...]

Source: ICAO ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano told Latin American civil aviation leaders today that the sector should expect to encounter a range of challenges as air travel begins its return to normal. The President’s comments were part of the Keynote remarks he provided to the Hermes Air Transport event on ‘Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation’ in the post-COVID era for Latin American aviation. “We are back to 2003 levels in terms of global seat capacity,” President Sciacchitano commented, explaining that ICAO is projecting an overall global reduction in passengers of between forty-one and fifty percent for 2021, compared to the sixty per cent reduction it monitored for 2020. “The significant downturns being withstood in global and regional [...]

Source: ACI-LAC Airports Council International – Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) announces that Diego Aracena Airport in Iquique and Andres Sabella Airport in Antofagasta, both operated by APORT, received the certification of the Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) program, which evaluates how aligned they are with the health protocols proposed by the ACI Business Restart and Recover guidelines and that they are aligned with the recommendations of the Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). APORT, since the beginning of the pandemic, has developed innovative measures for the safety of passengers, workers, and the general public. It has maintained continuous improvement processes and implementations to strengthen sanitary measures. Technological equipment has been incorporated to reduce [...]

The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation Hermes - Air Transport Organisation co-organises with Aeronautica Civil de Colombia a zoom event on Monday 19 April 2021 entitled: "The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation”. Join Zoom Meeting https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/j/97050675228   The Program   Monday 19 April 2021   Bogota time   The Latin America Air Transport sector in the post COVID-19 era: Resilience and efficiency through Leadership and Cooperation    10:00 Welcome Addresses  Juan Carlos Salazar, Director General, Aeronautica Civil de Colombia Dr Kostas Iatrou, Director General, Hermes - Air Transport Organisation    10:10 Keynote Addresses Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the [...]