Athens airport joins EASA's Covid-19 monitoring programme!
We feel honoured and privilleged, as AIA is among the first aviation companies that have signed up to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) charter for the return to normal operations under COVID-19, pledging to work with national authorities to put measures in place to support health safety – and to report back on their experiences to help other organisations with their real-life implementations,
The COVID-19 Aviation Safety Protocol is based on current scientific information about the spread of COVID-19 and the expert opinion of the two Agencies, and is designed to ensure safe travel for passengers and air personnel.
According to AIA’s CEO, Yiannis Paraschis,
“Reaching the goal of harmonized, health-safe travel across Europe and beyond is the key for the return to normality in air-travel during this unprecedented crisis. We feel therefore privileged to have been chosen as one of the “pilot airports” in Europe that will implement and monitor the best practices as indicated by EASA in order to ensure a health-safe trip for our passengers and our communities. Standing together and sharing data and knowledge have always been proven strengths of our industry. I am absolutely confident that these principles will once more lead our way towards overcoming this crisis.”
The following 10 organisations were the first to sign the charter agreement in conjunction with EASA:
Airport operators:
- AENA
- Athens International Airport S.A.
- Brussels Airport Company
- Fraport AG
- S.E.A. Aeroporti di Milano
- Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
- Paris CDG Airport
Aeroplane operators:
- Aegean Airlines S.A.
- easyJet Plc
- Wizz Air Holdings Plc