EASA has published a "safe" airport list.
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/new...amid-covid-19/
Here are the criteria used.
The list, which has been developed in coordination with the EASA Member States, is mainly based on the information from WHO, ECDC and other reputable public health institutes, and will be updated continuously in consultation with these organizations.
Data from these organizations have been collected and arranged in a consistent manner. Overall, the list has been established based on the following factors:
- number of active cases
- number of recovered cases
- the trend of active cases per day & trend of new cases per day
- number of tests per inhabitants
- deaths per inhabitants & trend of deaths per day
- cases in urban vs rural areas;
- number & size of the airports serving a specific area/population
- reproduction index – higher than one should be considered in correlation with other factors and should be seen as an indication of exponentia
OK, the list is strange. Just scanning it, it appears these are airports in areas of major outbreaks? For instance, for Italy, it only lists:
Italy All airports in the following regions:
· Emilia Romagna
· Lombardy
· Piemonte
So these are the areas where the spread infection was the greatest weren't they?
Going through other countries, both inside and outside the EU, it seems a similar pattern, the iarports in the "safe" list are those in areas which had the greatest number of cases in that country.
The EU also bans certain airlines, mostly from Africa and the Middle East:
The latest update of the European Union Safety List shows that a total of 96 airlines have been banned from the EU:
- 90 airlines certified in 16 states, due to inadequate safety oversight by the aviation authorities from these states: Afghanistan, Angola (with the exception of 2 airlines), Armenia, Congo (Brazzaville), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Moldova (with the exception of 3 airlines), Nepal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone and Sudan.
- Six individual airlines, based on serious safety deficiencies identified: Avior Airlines (Venezuela), Blue Wing Airlines (Suriname), Iran Aseman Airlines (Iran), Iraqi Airways (Iraq), Med-View Airlines (Nigeria) and Air Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).
Furthermore, three airlines have been subject to operational restrictions and can only fly to the European Union with specific aircraft types: Air Service Comores (Comoros), Iran Air (Iran) and Air Koryo (North Korea).
The list published by the European Union helps affected airlines and countries to increase their levels of safety, for them to be taken off the list eventually.
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/new...r-safety-list/