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Spotlight / 2021
- December 31, 2021. How air travel changed in 2021
- December 26, 2021. 10 Things To Expect From Aviation In 2022
- December 16, 2021. Covid-19: SA remains on Level 1 as Health Minister calls for social distancing, vaccination
- December 15, 2021. Airlines Association of Southern Africa breathe a sigh of relief as UK reverses travel restrictions
- December 15, 2021. AASA statement on UK relaxing travel restrictions on South Africa and other Southern African nationals
- December 15, 2021. How Global Pressure Forced UK To Scrap Red List
- December 15, 2021. UK red list: R1bn lost in 2 days 'a drop in the ocean', says hospitality body
- December 15, 2021. Countries that followed UK in red listing SA must drop travel bans as swiftly, say tourism groups
- December 15, 2021. Relief for African air travel as UK scraps red list
News / 2021
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AASA statement on UK relaxing travel restrictions on South Africa and other Southern African nationals
December 14, 2021. Johannesburg. The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) is relieved that sense has prevailed and the UK has decided to relax the travel restrictions that were hastily imposed on South Africa and other Southern African countries following the announcement of the identification of the Omicron variant by South African scientists last month. Download this full news release [pdf]...
It was clear from the start that restrictions, the intentions of which are debatable, were counter-productive and ineffective. We trust that policy makers and political leaders will take their lead from science and harmonise their adoption of measures for safe air travel that are recommended by the WHO and its UN sister body, the International Civil Aviation Organisation. At the same time, governments that have imposed restrictions on air travel ought to provide financial relief to airlines, their service providers and employees who have all been negatively affected by these restrictions. Aaron Munetsi, AASA CEO
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