EU shaping guidelines to restore air travel: Transport commissioner

European transport commissioner Adina Valean has signalled that guidelines will be set out by mid-May regarding an exit strategy to restart cross-border operations including air travel, but stresses that the timing depends on the health situation. While speaking Wednesday, she was reluctant to pre-empt the finalisation of specific measures allowing flights to resume but indicated there would be guidelines on restoring travel and tourism this season, through such measures as social distancing, rules within airports and on board aircraft – covering such aspects as disinfection – and the wearing of protective equipment. “Probably by mid-May we can put forward the strategy we’re working on,” she says, adding that it would feature “horizontal principles” of rules to be respected while re-opening travel connections. <br/>