EU travel rules stymying recovery: IATA
Free movement around Europe is being compromised by the failure of some EU member states to harmonise their Covid-19 entry requirements, holding back the travel industry’s recovery, IATA has warned. The airline association’s research finds that 30% of states using the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate do not accept rapid testing, while 19% do not exempt children from testing, and 41% do not allow vaccinated travellers from non-EU ‘white list’ countries to enter. Additionally, 11% of countries only accept paper versions of passenger locator forms, while a similar proportion have no locator forms at all. “It’s essential that European states come together on Covid-19 travel procedures,” states IATA’s regional VP for Europe, Rafael Schvartzman. “The good work done by the Commission and the states to develop the DCC is being wasted by a mess of unharmonised regulations.”<br/>
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EU travel rules stymying recovery: IATA
Free movement around Europe is being compromised by the failure of some EU member states to harmonise their Covid-19 entry requirements, holding back the travel industry’s recovery, IATA has warned. The airline association’s research finds that 30% of states using the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate do not accept rapid testing, while 19% do not exempt children from testing, and 41% do not allow vaccinated travellers from non-EU ‘white list’ countries to enter. Additionally, 11% of countries only accept paper versions of passenger locator forms, while a similar proportion have no locator forms at all. “It’s essential that European states come together on Covid-19 travel procedures,” states IATA’s regional VP for Europe, Rafael Schvartzman. “The good work done by the Commission and the states to develop the DCC is being wasted by a mess of unharmonised regulations.”<br/>
