Hong Kong third wave: airline body objects to testing aircrew for Covid-19 as it predicts industry will not recover until 2024

The body representing the global airline industry has warned a recovery in travel to pre-coronavirus levels is not likely to happen until 2024, and is increasingly anxious to see border restrictions and quarantine measures eased.But while blaming poor virus containment and weaker consumer confidence for the delay in recovery from its previous 2023 estimate, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said pilots and cabin crew should not be tested for Covid-19 as a prerequisite for…

Read the original article at South China Morning Post