IATA supports the ICAO Council’s Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) aimed at providing practical guidance to governments and industry operators to restart the international air transport sector and recover from COVID-19 in a coordinated way. Incorporating CART recommendations, IATA has put together additional guidance for airlines in the areas of Airport, Aircraft, Crew, and Cargo.
ICAO CART
CART’s work on its Recovery Report and the accompanying "Take-Off" guidance for international aviation, has kept the health, safety, and security of the traveling public of paramount concern. IATA’s Biosafety for Air Transport: A Roadmap for Restarting Aviation was the basis for IATA’s contribution to Takeoff Guidance.
The ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) published the 2nd edition CART Take-Off Guidance that calls upon States to deploy a risk-based approach to determine appropriate mitigation measures, including testing, as part of an overall risk management strategy, and refers to ICAO’s Testing and Cross-Border Risk Management Measures Manual (Doc 10152).
IATA guidance complementing ICAO's CART
IATA fully supports the “Take off” guidance, an authoritative and comprehensive framework of risk-based temporary measures for air transport operations during the COVID-19 crisis. Below is additional guidance for airlines, incorporating these recommendations in the areas of Airport, Aircraft, Crew, and Cargo;