ANAC – AVIATION DAY- LISBON DECLARATION

Os Estados Membros da Conferência Europeia da Aviação Civil (CEAC), presentes na Conferência “AVIATION DAY“, promovida e organizada pela ANAC – Autoridade nacional da Aviação Civil, no dia 3 de Maio de 2021, no âmbito da Presidência Portuguesa do Conselho da União Europeia, redigiram a “LISBON DECLARATION ON THE RECOVERY OF EUROPEAN AVIATION” que visa mitigar as consequências negativas do impacto da pandemia por COVID-19, como forma de compromisso e esforço na recuperação sustentada e segura da aviação na Europa.

LISBON DECLARATION ON THE RECOVERY OF EUROPEAN AVIATION

• There is an urgent need to be forward looking and prepare an orderly return to travel as soon as possible, consistent with the health imperatives;
• The summer period and the progress of vaccination campaigns provides an opportunity for the travel and tourism sectors to restart, bringing economic and social benefits to all European countries and their citizens, as well as supporting the sustainable development of these by now very impacted sectors, while protecting
  public health;
• Aviation needs as much certainty as is feasible to plan a resumption of a sustainable scale of operations, and thus it needs to be made as clear as is feasible what restrictions are still expected to remain during the summer, based on the evolution of the pandemic;
• Such restrictions should be sensitive to the scale of their impacts on travel and rely on a risk-based assessment of the latest scientific evidence, taking into consideration the effect of vaccines on transmission and their efficacy against new variants;
• While vaccination should not be a precondition for travel, the application of measures affecting travel should include consideration to determine how vaccination, in conjunction with other layered measures, could be reflected in progressive alleviations to travel restrictions, including notably quarantine and the suspension of traffic rights as a major impediment to travel; a coordinated approach across Europe is essential.
• Ahead of the wider availability of vaccinations, all other approaches to enable safe travel should be considered; including approaches to testing and border measures that are predictable and understandable for passengers, including an update of the COVID-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol.
• Where travel measures are maintained, the aviation stakeholders should to the maximum extent feasible be engaged in the definition and implementation of these measures to integrate them efficiently into the travel process; and
• In the meantime rapid progress is essential on the development of an interoperable international framework for the recognition and acceptance of COVID testing, recovery and vaccine information, including in electronic form such as the EU Digital Green Certificate initiative.

 * Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

** Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom.

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