IATA Director-General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said in a statement on Monday that the decision to postpone this year’s general assembly from June to November was due to expectations of imposing government restrictions on IATA, and therefore alternative plans were activated for a hypothetical event. .
He stressed that this meeting will be the most important because air transport is in the deepest crisis in its history, and it is more important than ever that this meeting be a rallying call for resilience, and for finding solutions to safely open borders, re-establish global connectivity and ensure vital shipping lanes.
Meanwhile, the President of the German Federation for the Aviation and Space, Dirk Hook, renewed the sector’s criticism of plans to impose new travel regulations in October. He said in statements to the German news agency: “If the German government and state governments make a quarantine subject to successful tests (to detect Corona), that is equivalent to a halt of air traffic … and you can see the situation in which airlines are already present today. After that, things will get worse, and we have to expect the consequences for the aviation industry to be dire in return. ”
The German federal government and state governments recently agreed to subject returnees from dangerous areas in connection with the Corona pandemic to quarantine for at least five days, starting from mid-October. In addition, travelers entering Germany are required to log in via an online portal. Anyone not doing this will face fines. “We do not understand here the principle of proportionality,” Hook said, pointing out that there are now sufficient rapid tests that give results after an hour or two.
The Corona crisis and the resulting collapse of the travel sector led to a severe crisis for airlines. Demand has also collapsed at aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus. Hooke does not believe that the industry faced similar problems before the Corona crisis, indicating that the matter at that time was more related to the change in technology in demand, which witnessed a decline in large-size aircraft in favor of smaller aircraft, explaining that in view of the debate on climate protection A twin-turbine aircraft shall be used, rather than a four-turbine.
Despite this, the sector continued to manufacture large aircraft. “Until the beginning of this year, there was a rule of thumb in effect, which is that the number of passengers doubles every 15 years,” he said, explaining that until this rule is applied again, it will take a few years now. .
Hook refused to criticize the state’s provision of billions in aid to companies such as Lufthansa. He said, “It has emphasized from the beginning on the sovereignty side, and this includes a national airline.” Hook said that before the Corona pandemic, “Lufthansa” was not in a state of structural collapse, adding that it had done a lot to stimulate its competitiveness, and he said: “I think it is absolutely correct to support and ensure this”, stressing that this does not contradict the need to do more for the sectors. Other.
Hook also called for more government investment in innovation and technical progress, and said: “It is important for the state to invest in scientific research at the present time, especially in climate-neutral aviation, including synthetic fuels,” noting that this does not prevent investments in both fields. Military and space. According to the Union’s data, the military and space fields represent about 20 percent of sales in the aviation and space industry, stressing the importance of public bids from the state in the face of declining demand from civil aviation.
It is noteworthy that similar signals were sent from the federal government in mid-September, when German Defense Minister Angeret Kramp-Karnbauer and her French counterpart, Florence Parly, promised during a visit to the Airbus plant in Mancheng near the German city of Ingolstadt to continue developing a joint European fighter jet and a plane. Unmanned reconnaissance.
Despite the travel warning issued by the German government, the world’s largest tourism company, TUI, intends to start offering flights to the Canary Islands again from October 3.
In statements to the newspapers of the German “Funke” media group issued Monday, Marek Andriitzak, president of the company in Germany, said that for full-expense trips to the Canary Islands, tourists must be able to decide for themselves whether they want to carry out their holidays despite the risks of infection and possible subjection to quarantine When returning to Germany, he added: “We strongly assume that many customers will appreciate this carefully,” expressing his belief that the opportunity to test for infection with the emerging corona virus will mean that many customers will go on holidays despite the travel warning.
Since Germany warned against traveling to all parts of Spain due to the pandemic, TUI has drastically reduced its flights to the Canary Islands. Andresak said, “In the meantime, we have made preparations so that we can resume flights to the Canary Islands from October 3, despite the travel warning,” explaining that the tourism companies do not thus put themselves in conflict with the German government, pointing out that the travel warnings do not It means a travel ban, but it is a recommendation to exercise caution.
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