IATA: Time to end US pre-departure testing for fully vaccinated travellers

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in partnership with Airlines for America (A4A) and 28 US and international aviation and travel and tourism stakeholder groups, has urged the US government to remove the pre-departure testing requirement for fully vaccinated air travelers flying to the US. The airlines and IATA argue that vaccinated traveller population adds no additional risks to the domestic US population. Increased immunity levels, the pervasiveness of COVID-19 in all 50 US states, rising vaccination rates and new therapeutics, all point to removing the testing requirement for fully vaccinated travelers. “The experience of Omicron has made it clear