On September 2, Vietnam Airlines piloted the first flight from Vietnam to Europe using IATA Travel Pass, creating the momentum to open the sky and resume international flights. In addition, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) under the United Nations has published the Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate, and Water Extremes with many remarkable figures.
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THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM VIETNAM TO EUROPE TO PILOT IATA TRAVEL PASS
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines successfully piloted the digital health passport application – the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass on a flight from Hanoi to London on September 2 with the participation of 18 passengers.
This was the first flight from Vietnam to Europe using this application. Previously, Vietnam Airlines trialed it on a flight from Hanoi to Tokyo (Japan) and will continue to test it on other flights soon.
According to Vietnam Airlines, this flight is important for the Government to consider and officially recognize the digital health passport (IATA Travel Pass) mechanism, motivating to open the sky and quickly restore international flight routes.
The IATA Travel Pass integrates leading digital solutions such as no-touch air travel, biometric data, and e-health certificates with COVID-19 test results and vaccination.
This application ensures consistency of information between government, test facilities, airlines, and passengers, thereby making travel between countries safer and easier during the pandemic.
The process of taking this application involves passengers going through steps, including creating a digital profile, filling in-flight information to update epidemiological requirements at the destination, testing for COVID-19 at hospitals, which belongs to the hospital system that meets the testing standards licensed by the Ministry of Health and belongs to the list of laboratories registered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Passengers then receive a result on the app showing their flight status “OK to travel” and present it to the airlines before departing.
In the coming time, Vietnam Airlines expects to pilot this mechanism in flights from Hanoi to Seoul (Korea) on September 12; to London (England) on September 21, in addition to the weekly ones from Hanoi to Tokyo (Japan) every Thursday.
Source: VTV
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UN: CLIMATE- AND WEATHER-RELATED DISASTERS SURGE FIVE-FOLD OVER 50 YEARS
According to the latest report released on September 1 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) under United Nations, the number of weather-related disasters has increased by five times over the past 50 years, with over two million deaths and 3.64 trillion U.S. dollars in losses.
The report came as recently, and many natural disasters took place globally, including flooding in Germany, a heatwave in the Mediterranean. The US was hit simultaneously by Hurricane Ida and wildfires caused by drought…
WMO said that the “Atlas” is the most comprehensive review of mortality and economic losses from weather, water, and climate extremes to date. Accordingly, there were more than 11,000 reported disasters globally between 1970 and 2019. Economic losses have increased seven-fold during that period, going from an average of $49 million to a whopping $383 million per day globally. However, thanks to improvements in warning systems and better disaster management, the number of deaths from these hazards has been almost three times less, from over 50,000 deaths in the 1970s to less than 20,000 in the 2010s. More than 91% of the deaths took place in developing countries.
“The number of weather, climate, and water extremes are increasing and will become more frequent and severe in many parts of the world as a result of climate change,” – said WMO’s General Secretary Prof. Petteri Taalas, “That means more heatwaves, drought and forest fires such as those we have observed recently in Europe and North America […] In addition, the warming of the oceans has affected the frequency and area of existence of the most intense tropical storms.”
The problem is also raised that only half of the 193 WMO’s members have multi-hazard early warning systems. In addition, there are severe gaps in weather and hydrological observing networks in Africa, some parts of Latin America, and the Pacific and Caribbean island states.
WMO hoped that governments would use the regional breakdown report providing detailed analysis in the regions to have appropriate policies to protect people better,
Source: WMO
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