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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec. 9): Asian governments may require arriving travelers to receive Covid-19 vaccines, AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said Wednesday, and such conditions are expected to develop into a trend in the region.
“Anyway, I foresee that in Asia, I think they won’t let anyone in without a vaccine,” Fernandes said at a CAPA Center for Aviation event.
Fernandes said airlines are unlikely to set such requirements for travelers.
“It is not up to the airlines to decide. It is up to the governments. It will be the country that decides whether to allow people to enter if they are not vaccinated,” he said.
Opposition from the aviation industry to requiring mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for passengers has intensified as imminent drug approvals trigger a debate about its role in air travel.
Qantas Airways was the first airline to say that it will require a Covid-19 vaccine for passengers on future international flights, who are now mostly inactive due to Australia’s strict border controls.
“We believe that vaccines will be required to enter many countries in the future. And over a period of time, parallel requirements to (be) vaccinated or negative pre-flight tests,” said Todd Handcock, President of the Collinson Group for Asia Pacific. , which has the VIP lounges of the Priority Pass airport.
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