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 Published Wednesday, June 10, 2020 ‘Take
Off’ guidelines to
aviation recovery By the A.M. Costa Rica wire services The International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, adopted a new report and recommendations aimed at restarting the international air transport system and aligning its global recovery. ICAO is a UN specialized agency, established by States in 1944 to manage the administration and governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, known as Chicago Convention. The covid-19 report and guidelines were produced by the Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force, CART. They were developed through broad-based consultations with countries, regional organizations, with important advice from the World Health Organization, WHO, and key aviation industry groups including the International Air Transport Association, IATA, Airports Council International, ACI World, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, CANSO, and the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations, ICCAIA. “The world looked to the ICAO Council to provide the high-level guidance which governments and industry needed to begin restarting international air transport and recovering from covid-19,” said Salvatore Sciacchitano, ICAO Council President. According to Sciacchitano, the report, its recommendations and Take-Off guidelines will now align public and private sector actions and mitigations as the worlds flying again, "in full accordance with the latest and most prudent medical and traveler health advice available to us.” CART Chairperson Ambassador Philippe Bertoux, the Representative of France to the ICAO Council, noted that the CART guidelines were intended to inform, align and progress the national, regional, and industry-specific covid-19 recovery roadmaps now being implemented, but not to replace them. “To be effective, we need to take a layered and especially a risk-based approach. Measures will be implemented or removed as needed based on the wide-ranging medical and other factors which will be at play,” Bertoux said. According to Bertoux, countries and operators need both autonomy and certainty as they take action to get the world flying again. The CART guidelines are therefore designed to serve in both these capacities as a common reference while remaining adaptable. "This needs to be understood as a type of ‘living guidance’ which will be continuously updated based on the latest risk assessments as we monitor progress and reconnect the world,” he said. The CART’s Report contains a detailed situational analysis and key principles supported by a series of recommendations focused around objectives for public health, aviation safety and security, and aviation economic recovery. This content is supplemented by the report’s special ‘Take Off’ document which contains guidelines for public health risk mitigation measures and four separate modules relating to airports, aircraft, crew and air cargo. The full CART Take-off guidance can be reached at ICAO website. ---------------- Is it a good time to open borders during the pandemic? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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