IATA released the following statement regarding the CAA decision on charges at London Heathrow in the United Kingdom.
IATA expressed shock that the government of the Netherlands will cut the number of annual flights at Schiphol Airport to 440,000—a 20% cut to Schiphol’s potential cap.
IATA called for governments to apply the lessons learned from the dismantling of global connectivity in response to COVID-19 to ensure that future global health threats can be effectively managed without closing borders.