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CAPSCA Global Symposium
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak?
ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada
28-30 April 2015
Agenda Who is IATA?
What is Timatic?
What are the sources of information?
What happened during the EVD outbreak?
How to better cooperate?
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Who is IATA?
IATA - International Air Transport Association IATA is the global trade association for the airline industry
present in 130 countries
Founded in 1945 with now 250 members comprising 84% of total air traffic
IATA’s mission is to represent, lead and serve the industry
IATA delivers standards and solutions to ensure a safe, secure and efficient air transport-
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30 April 2015 Name of Project 5 Source: IATA/Tourism Economics ‘Air Passenger Forecasts’ IATA Economics www.iata.org/pax-forecast
Countries becoming
‘middle’ (red) or ‘high’
(blue) income
ASIA, LATAM and
Africa will become an
important source of
fast growth for air
transport
Demand for air
travel will double
over 20 years
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2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
2014 2019 2024 2029 2034
Outlook for worldwide O-D passenger trips, million
2014-2034
1.8-2.8x growth
2.3-5 billion additional O-D passenger trips
Currentpolicies
Liberalpolicies scenario
Closing borders scenario
What is Timatic?
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Airlines are legally
responsible to ensure
that each passenger
has sufficient travel
documents for their
destination and any
transit points on their
itinerary!
ICAO Annex 9 Facilitation
Timatic is the immigration regulations database for
more than 50 years
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Passport Visa Health Customs Currencies Airport Taxes
Every nationality to every airport - Destination and transit regulations
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Travel plan & Booking
Check-in & Transit
What do I need for my international trip? 1. Passport and Visa regulations & advice
2. Health regulations & advice:
Yellow Fever Immunization
Malaria tablets
Other Health Requirements
Do I meet border control regulations? 1. Passport & Visa regulations
2. Health Regulations & advice:
Yellow Fever Certificate
Other Health Requirements
From static paper to on-line dynamic data
Static Data Dynamic Data
Pape
r O
nlin
e
Paper
Online
Web Services
www.iatatravelcenter.com
Timatic key facts 300 Airlines are connected to approximately 30,000 terminals
48,000 paper copies of TIM (Timatic) are distributed worldwide every year
130,000 travel agencies access Timatic through GDS or TimaticWeb
More than 2,000,000 travelers and government agencies access in 2014 the online travel center www.iatatravelcenter.com
Over 100,000,000 passengers had their document requirements checked in 2014 (pick at ½ million per day)
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Timatic users
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What are the sources of information?
Timatic sources of information
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46%
50%
4%
Airline: 515
Government: 561
Other: 49
Total: 1125 (people)
79%
20% 1%
Countries with airline AND government sources: 173Countries with only airline sources: 44Countries with only govermnent sources: 3
Total: 225 (countries)
Timatic sources performance
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32%
36%
12%
7% 5%
2% 2% 2% 2%
Excellent: Pro-active sources
Very Good: Reply within 3 working days
Good: Reply received between 4 and 7 working days
Average: Reply received between 8 and 14 working days
Poor: Reply received between 15 and 30 working days
Very poor: Reply received after 30 working days
Source unable to help
No reply from source
Phone Call: Reply received after making a phone call
+20,000 annual updates to the database so approx. 70 updates per day!
What happened during the EVD outbreak?
IATA - Ebola Coordination Group
IATA’s Medical Advisor, Dr Claude Thibeault
IATA Senior Vice President, Airport, Passenger, Cargo & Security
Heads of IATA Divisions and Regional Offices:
Members and External Relations
Safety and Flight Operations
Aviation and Border Security
Regional Offices
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IATA – Ebola guiding principles International coordination and state responsibility are critical
IATA guidance based on advice received from authorities/experts i.e. the WHO
IATA regional and local offices are monitoring developments on a real-time basis
The Timatic team is validating that information received are enforced at airports
New travel requirements (e.g. restrictions) are then reflected in TIMATIC
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IATA – Frequency of updates in Timatic
Timatic updates concerning Ebola started in July 2014
Pick of updates was between September and November 2014
In three months roughly 70 updates were performed in some 45 countries
Health checks increased from 2,900,000 to 3,900,000 during the Ebola outbreak
Ebola outbreak updates are also featured in Timatic news section
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IATA – Examples of restrictions in Timatic Countries imposed restrictions on:
1. Travelers arriving from countries
infected by Ebola
2. Nationals of countries infected by
Ebola
3. Nationals of AND travelers arriving
from countries infected by Ebola
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Example - BAHRAIN, 19 August 2014 Nationals of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
are refused entry, even if holding a valid visa or
residence permit issued by Bahrain. Transit through
Bahrain (BAH) for up to 8 hours is possible. However, it
is not possible to obtain the 24 hour transit visa nor the
24 hour Causeway Transit Visa on arrival.
Example - SINGAPORE, 05 November 2014 Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone require a
visa, applied for prior to departure for Singapore. Visitors
arriving from or who have recently visited the above
mentioned countries are subject to screening and health
check. Passengers may be quarantined for further
assessment.
IATA – What is the status to-date in Timatic
The Timatic team continues to monitor the situation:
Restrictions in some countries have been totally lifted such as in Guyana
Others are being gradually relaxed, such as in Mauritius and USA
Full restrictions remain in place in other countries such as in Australia
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How to better cooperate?
How to better cooperate on major disaster?
(Preparation and execution)
ICAO/WHO/IATA: Continue to work together to ensure commensurate measures
are put in place in case of major disaster
ICAO/WHO: Help IATA develop a sourcing network with Authorities proactively
sharing measures ([email protected]) especially in developing areas such as
Sub-Saharan Africa
IATA: Help ICAO/WHO and National Authorities to disseminate health
regulations and advices
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Our key priorities…
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