'A bit premature': global airline body distances itself from Qantas vaccine stance
"The peak body representing the world's airlines has distanced itself from Qantas' compulsory vaccination stance, saying the policy is a "bit premature" and that testing was more critical than vaccines.The CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Alexandre de Juniac, was speaking in Geneva following the association's annual general meeting which called on governments to end quarantine and border bans and replace them with testing."
When asked by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age if other airlines would copy Qantas' stance, IATA's CEO Alexandre de Juniac said the subject was a "bit premature"."For the moment, we have had this very good news on the vaccine but it is a bit premature to say when and how the vaccination progress will be spread all around the world and the whole world will be done," de Juniac said."What we think is the emergency now is to implement the testing process."
