KSA Business: Confusing health requisites ‘stopping passengers from flying’ – Gulf Digital News

KSA Business: Confusing health requisites ‘stopping passengers from flying’ – Gulf Digital News

The recovery of the global aviation sector from the Covid-19 pandemic could be hampered by confusing health requirements and fears that the sector is not prepared for another public health crisis, according to an international survey.

Some 46% of respondents in the US, 61% of people in Italy, 65% of people in the UK, and 68% of people in the Gulf chose not to fly in 2021 because of the health-related requirements.

And in a worrying sign for the sector’s recovery, it finds that a third of Americans (32%), 40% Italians, 40% of Brits, and nearly half (46%) of people in the Gulf say that confusion over health requirements will keep them from flying in 2022.

Future Aviation Forum

The survey was conducted by YouGov ahead of the Future Aviation Forum, a global aviation summit taking place in Riyadh, May 9 to 11. It was carried out in the US, the UK, Italy, and the Gulf countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

While results vary from county-to-country, the study reveals widespread confusion around the patchwork of existing health requirements for air travel. Around a third of people in every country surveyed say that the lack of clarity around health requirements