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  • International Air Carriers Association to launch a travel permit in March

    International Air Carriers Association to launch a travel permit in March

    International Air Carriers Association (IATA) announces the launch of a travel permit in late March 2021.

    A digital system for test results and vaccination certificates will be in place to help international travels, Reuters reports.

    It is essential that governments start issuing digital vaccination certificates to citizens, which will serve as the basis for the travel permit, IATA said.

    The IATA travel permit will put test results for COVID-19 and vaccination certificates in a digital format, which will speed up the check-in process.

    This summer will be very important for many airlines which are trying to survive the restrictions imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

    IATA represents approximately 290 airlines worldwide, equivalent to 82% of global air traffic.

  • Greece: Passenger air traffic dropped by 93% in June 2020

    Greece: Passenger air traffic dropped by 93% in June 2020

    Latest Greek Civil Aviation Authority data show a 93 percent drop in total passenger traffic going through local airports in June 2020, compared to the previous year.

    Only 588.186 passengers on domestic and foreign flights arrived in Greek airports in June 2020, compared to 8.427.908 passengers in June 2019.

    There were 17.049 flights in May 2020, down 74% from the same month in 2019.

    The drop in passenger arrivals from abroad was even greater, falling 97,5%.

    In the first half of 2020, 6,2 million passengers travelled instead of 24.7 million passengers in the first half of 2019.

  • 408 thousand persons were employed in the air transport sector in EU

    408 thousand persons were employed in the air transport sector in EU

    In 2019, 408 thousand persons aged 20-64 were employed in the air transport sector in the European Union (EU), representing an 11% increase compared with 2018.

    These workers accounted for 0.2% of total employment in the EU, Eurostat data shows.

    Among EU Member States, Luxembourg recorded the highest share of persons employed in the air transport sector (1.0% of total employment), followed by Malta (0.5%), Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal (all 0.4%).

    With regard to the gender balance, a small majority of air transport workers were men (56%). The highest share of men was recorded in Sweden (77%), followed by Denmark (74%) and Malta (73%).

    By contrast, Finland was the only EU Member State where women were predominant in the air transport sector (57% of air transport workers were women).