Covid Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/covid/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:42:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png Covid Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/covid/ 32 32 AASA Welcomes UK Travel U-Turn on Southern Africa but calls for Financial Pay-Back https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/14/aasa-welcomes-uk-travel-u-turn-on-southern-africa-but-calls-for-financial-pay-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aasa-welcomes-uk-travel-u-turn-on-southern-africa-but-calls-for-financial-pay-back https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/14/aasa-welcomes-uk-travel-u-turn-on-southern-africa-but-calls-for-financial-pay-back/#respond Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:41:24 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=4655 Africa has been up in arms for the past week after what AFRAA referred to as stigmatization of Africa in a wave of knee-jerk travel restrictions over the emergence of the Omicron covid variant. IATA warned that these restrictions were counter productive and risked disincentivizing the continent from reporting on covid. However the UK which [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/14/aasa-welcomes-uk-travel-u-turn-on-southern-africa-but-calls-for-financial-pay-back/feed/ 0 States Commit to Accelerating Restoration of Global Air Connectivity at ICAO Covid Conference https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/23/states-commit-to-accelerating-restoration-of-global-air-connectivity-at-icao-covid-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-commit-to-accelerating-restoration-of-global-air-connectivity-at-icao-covid-conference https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/23/states-commit-to-accelerating-restoration-of-global-air-connectivity-at-icao-covid-conference/#respond Sat, 23 Oct 2021 15:14:31 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=3974 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to use the commitments reached at the ICAO High Level Conference on COVID-19 (HLCC) to make real progress towards restoring global air connectivity. States attending the ICAO HLCC declared their commitment to 14 measures which, if acted upon, would enable airlines to meet the demands of [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/10/23/states-commit-to-accelerating-restoration-of-global-air-connectivity-at-icao-covid-conference/feed/ 0 IATA introduces Self Registration Portal for Digital Travel Pass Lab Network https://airspace-africa.com/2021/06/28/iata-introduces-self-registration-portal-for-digital-travel-pass-lab-network/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iata-introduces-self-registration-portal-for-digital-travel-pass-lab-network https://airspace-africa.com/2021/06/28/iata-introduces-self-registration-portal-for-digital-travel-pass-lab-network/#respond Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:00:45 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2223 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched a self-registration portal to make it easier for COVID-19 testing labs to join the IATA Travel Pass Lab Network. IATA’s Lab Network provides a list of eligible lab locations around the globe so that travelers can easily find a location for a COVID-19 test prior to travel.  [...]

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