Rapid testing at the airport while waiting for the vaccine, is this the new way to start traveling again?
Airlines are trying hard to convince Governments that the airplane is one of the means of [...]
Airlines are trying hard to convince governments that air travel is one of the safest means of transportation in the world, if not the safest. There is a succession of studies confirming how much it is unlikely to get infected in flight, of course, this is not the case for all the rest of the way when you have to move from one point to another on the planet.
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Airports have also activated passenger screening strategies, the first being Germany then came other nations. Alitalia, on the other hand, was the first airline in the world to activate some Flights where you only get on board with test negative.
Covid test at airport for arriving passengers
The same happens in the world of cruises (Italy again led the way), you get on only after undergoing swabbing, obviously on board the ship as in the airplane mask always on your nose and mouth.
Blocking a positive at the airport means preventing an outbreak from developing and thus nipping a potential threat in the bud. Here is where the role of airports becomes critical in controlling the spread of the pandemic.
Covid test at airport for arriving passengers
Nearly all Italian international airports have equipped themselves with facilities to perform quick swabs for passengers from abroad, and so have stopovers around the world. According to the airlines, this practice, combined with adequate health coverage, should be the key to reigniting the engine of international travel. Only by restarting business travel could not oxygen be restored to the coffers of the companies, which in the past 8 months have seen bank accounts dry up and stock values plummet.
