A taskforce set up to provide advice around rebuilding the aviation industry has recommended that the Government urgently clarifies the process and milestones to be reached to ease the travel restrictions currently in place for non-essential air travel.
"Ireland is now significantly behind other Member States in this regard - despite having equivalent or even better success in containing Covid-19," the taskforce says. "A code, aligning with the ECDC and EASA protocols, needs to be urgently concluded and published," it says. The taskforce has requested that the Government recognises the need to prioritise and implement the actions immediately to support the recovery of the aviation industry.
It also says consumer demand needs to be stimulated and Ireland needs to be seen as open for business and tourism.