The first process of its kind is supposed to allow flights free of corona • Prof. Gili Regev from Tel Hashomer who accompanies the move: "This will make it possible to return the aviation industry safely"
Green flights with vaccinated crews
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The largest airline in Israel is currently promoting an ambitious program that will allow green flights in a pilot that will begin in about three weeks.
The process is accompanied by Professor Gili Regev from Tel Hashomer and includes a series of tests that will make the airline's flights completely green.
The inspection process will begin 72 hours before the flight, with each passenger being required to perform corona tests and present a negative result.
El Al is one of the fastest checking companies, so basically every passenger who arrives at the airport will undergo another check.
The test in question knows to identify with about 90% accuracy whether the subject is in the contagious stage of the disease, which will probably allow in the future even those who can not get vaccinated, to board the flight.
Passengers who came out positive in this check, will not be able to proceed beyond the check-in phase.
The test results arrive within about a quarter of an hour and its results cannot be falsified, as the test is done on the spot by a professional and in front of his eyes.
After landing in Israel, as required by law in Israel, each passenger will have to perform an additional check.
All passengers, including the vaccinated and recovering, will have to go through the process, at least in the pilot phase.
This stage will be for the vaccinated and recovering only.
It is important to emphasize that all EL AL crews, who come into contact with passengers, have been vaccinated.
El Al is the first airline in the world to complete the immunization process for all its employees who come in contact with passengers, and so in fact, the company's flights should be as green and clean as possible from the corona virus.
Professor Gili Regev, who accompanies the process together with the airline, said in a conversation with Israel Today, "There are many vaccinated people and the same unvaccinated people at a later stage, you can check before check-in. The test result is within a quarter of an hour, the answer is highly reliable. Very for people who are in the contagious stage and so in fact contagious people will not be able to board the flight. This test is about 90% accurate. We are currently training the crews and in two or three weeks we will set off. The fast tests should be available at all destinations to and from. "In fact, the passengers will go through the same process both on leaving the country and back. Without a doubt, this is a process that will allow the aviation and tourism industry to return to our lives."
Other companies like Etihad from Abu Dhabi have also already vaccinated all the air crews.
Israir has announced a pilot of green flights on the Ben Gurion Airport-Eilat route, cheaper flights intended exclusively for the vaccinated and recovering. Israir is also about to complete the vaccination process for the company's air crews.
