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Passengers traveling with Air France and Air Canada will need to carry out temperature checks, the airlines said.
ir French has become the first European airline to require passengers to undergo such controls, starting today, the airline announced.
Verifications will be conducted with non-contact infrared thermometers and will be “phased in” prior to all departures beginning May 11.
“It will require a body temperature below 38 ° C to travel,” says the airline, which operates several daily flights from Dublin and Cork to Paris.
Customers whose temperature is above the threshold “may be denied boarding and their reservation will be changed at no later charge on a flight at a later date,” he adds.
According to the HSE, normal body temperature ranges from 36 to 36.8 degrees Celsius. “A high temperature or fever, for most people, is when their body temperature is 38 ° C or higher,” he says.
A fever of 38 ° C or higher is one of the main symptoms of Covid-19, along with cough and shortness of breath, adds the HSE.
Air Canada has also said it will introduce mandatory infrared temperature controls for passengers as part of its new ‘CleanCare +’ health and safety program.
“Customers who are deemed unfit to travel will be booked again at no cost, but will be required to obtain a medical authorization before traveling,” he said.
Frontier Airlines will do the same in the US. USA Starting June 1.
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Red Cross employees who measure body temperature at the Vienna airport in February this year. Photo by Martin Juen / SEPA.Media / Getty Images
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“Anyone with a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (38 ° C) or higher will be denied boarding,” says the Colorado-based airline.
The rapid spread of the coronavirus has weakened fleets and caused all countries in the world to impose restrictions on travel, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The race is now underway to implement new health and safety protocols – to protect customers and crew, prevent the virus from spreading, and reassure passengers, by the time travel resumes.
Air France, KLM and Lufthansa have made the masks mandatory on flights, while Emirates recently said it was the first airline to conduct “Covid-19 rapid tests” on passengers.
Other measures have included suspending food and beverage services, eliminating contact points such as in-flight magazines, better disinfecting, and routinely disinfecting armrests, tables, and displays.
Global passenger numbers are currently very low, and many airlines (including Air France) have also been implementing physical distancing measures, such as leaving intermediate seats empty, although the industry is joining the message that this is ineffective and unsustainable.
“On board the aircraft, it is difficult to achieve a high degree of detachment unless the aircraft loads are so light that they are not economical,” said the IATA trade association.
Airlines For Europe (A4E), which represents 16 airlines in Europe, including Ryanair and Aer Lingus owner IAG, says passengers must bring and wear their own masks on flights.
It has also called on national and EU authorities to coordinate their approach to health and safety measures, such as temperature controls, to restart the journey safely as soon as possible.
Heathrow Airport has also been testing temperature controls on a large scale.
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