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In June, the international aviation organization IATA expected international traffic to resume in the fourth quarter. The capacity is still minimal. In Asia, where many countries have achieved infection control, the borders are almost hermetically sealed.
Crown test for one hundred crowns
Airline loss estimates for 2020 are $ 419 billion. Additionally, airports will experience a 60 percent drop in revenue, equivalent to $ 104.5 billion, according to the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). 46 million jobs in the tourism industry are at risk.
The Iata interest group, which represents more than 270 airlines, is now trying to implement coordinated testing in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The goal is to offer quick tests for one hundred dollars.
– We need evidence to get rid of the quarantine. The 14-day quarantine is like closing borders, IATA Director Conrad Clifford told Bloomberg.
According to IATA, this year only 44 cases of corona have been registered on board aircraft. This means that the risk of becoming infected is one in 27 million. The probability of getting all the numbers in this week’s lottery is one in 5.4 million, according to Norsk Tipping.
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– Airlines have implemented many measures to reduce the probability of getting infected as close to zero as possible. It’s very safe, says Clifford.
Experts tell Reuters that the statistics Iata uses are not guaranteed of quality. Among other things, you are more likely to get infected in a ten hour flight than in a short one hour trip.
Open travel corridor
Singapore and Hong Kong agreed to allow travel between the two cities as long as travelers test negative for the coronavirus. Local infection is minimal in both cities.
– It is not only hundreds of thousands of jobs that are at risk, but also our position as an international center, the relevance of Singapore in the world, that we survive and can decide our own future. The status quo is not sustainable, Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung told the National Assembly in early October.
Singapore International Airport has been one of the busiest in Asia for many years. Today, passenger traffic is just 1.5 percent of what it was before the corona pandemic. A separate laboratory is being built that will be able to perform 10,000 corona tests daily.
– We must implement measures to reopen Changi airport. It is a national priority. We also don’t know if a vaccine, when it arrives, will be effective, Ong said.
Singapore authorities are considering replacing the current 14-day quarantine with regular testing and monitoring visitors with the use of digital apps and services.
Tropical crown vacation
The Maldives, which depends on the tourism sector, has opened its borders, for those who can afford it. In the first half of October, around 26,500 tourists landed on the islands. Most of Russia, America, the Middle East and Europe. About half of the employees in the tourism sector have lost their jobs.
– The good news is that they get longer. Many people are extending their stay because they are unhappy with the crown situation in their home country, Tourism Minister Abdulla Mausoom tells Nikkei Asia.
Everyone must submit a negative corona test before boarding the plane. Around 50 tourists have tested positive since July. Only one of them needed medical treatment. The person in question obtained it in a hotel, where separate areas have been set up for those who are diagnosed with corona.
The Maldives, which has less than half a million inhabitants, has recorded around 10,000 infections and 34 deaths.
– Local infection only occurs in the Male area and the tourism sector is organized so there is no contact, says Mausoom.
More than ten international airlines fly to the Maldives. British Airways resumed its flights last Saturday from London with three weekly flights.(Terms)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our cases via a link, which leads directly to our pages. Copying or other use of all or part of the content may only be done with written permission or as permitted by law. For more terms, see here.
