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With the crown rapid tests for passengers before departure, the Lufthansa Group wants to save the flight business for the fall and winter. Testing will begin in October, Lufthansa Group Manager Björn Becker said aloud. Reuters in a conference call.
There is also a corresponding project at the Austrian subsidiary AUA. For now, it remains to be clarified if the evidence is recognized by the authorities. “There are three different manufacturers,” AUA spokeswoman Tanja Gruber said Wednesday. THAN. The exact time of the introduction has not yet been determined. The AUA requires that rapid tests be free for all passengers, that is, that the state pays them.
The airline’s manager, Becker, referred to rapid test offerings from pharmaceutical companies such as Abbott Laboratories and Roche. Lufthansa is also considering expanding test centers at airports in the US and Canada, especially as these are important markets.
Business passengers first
First, rapid tests could be available to business and first-class passengers, Becker says. On flights to the US, for example, there could be a separate area where only tested people sit, as is the case with THAN was called. Another option being considered is European flights with only tested passengers. It will turn out what will be accepted by customers.
On Tuesday, IATA, the association that groups the airlines, spoke in favor of rapid tests for all travelers just before departure. This would make quarantine obligations in the destination country superfluous.
