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?
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 2 30 April 2015 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-
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 4 30 April 2015 Countries becoming ‘middle’ (red) or ‘high’ (blue) income
ASIA, LATAM and Africa will become an important source of fast growth for air transport
Source:Name IATA/Tourism of Project Economics ‘Air Passenger Forecasts’ 5 30 April 2015 IATA Economics www.iata.org/pax-forecast Outlook for worldwide O-D passenger trips, million Demand for air 9,000 8,000 Liberal policies travel will double scenario 2014-2034 7,000 Current 1.8-2.8x growth over 20 years policies 6,000 2.3-5 billion additional O-D 5,000 passenger trips Closing borders 4,000 scenario
3,000
2,000 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 6 30 April 2015 What is Timatic? 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 8 30 April 2015 Timatic is the immigration regulations database for more than 50 years
Passport Visa Health Customs Currencies Airport Taxes
Every nationality to every airport - Destination and transit regulations
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 9 30 April 2015 Travel plan & Booking 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
Check-in & Transit Do I meet border control regulations? 1. Passport & Visa regulations 2. Health Regulations & advice: Yellow Fever Certificate Other Health Requirements
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 10 30 April 2015
From static paper to on-line dynamic data
Online
Web Services
Online www.iatatravelcenter.com
Paper Paper
Static Data Dynamic Data 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)
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 12 30 April 2015 Timatic users
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 13 30 April 2015 What are the sources of information? Timatic sources of information
4% 20% 1%
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79%
Airline: 515 Countries with airline AND government sources: 173 Government: 561 Countries with only airline sources: 44 Other: 49 Countries with only govermnent sources: 3 Total: 1125 (people) Total: 225 (countries)
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 15 30 April 2015 Timatic sources performance
2% 2% 2% 2% Excellent: Pro-active sources 5% 7% Very Good: Reply within 3 working days 32% Good: Reply received between 4 and 7 working days 12% 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
36% 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!
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 16 30 April 2015 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 18 30 April 2015 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 19 30 April 2015 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 20 30 April 2015 IATA – Examples of restrictions in Timatic
Countries imposed restrictions on: Example - BAHRAIN, 19 August 2014
Nationals of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone 1. Travelers arriving from countries are refused entry, even if holding a valid visa or residence permit issued by Bahrain. Transit through infected by Ebola Bahrain (BAH) for up to 8 hours is possible. However, it is not possible to obtain the 24 hour transit visa nor the 2. Nationals of countries infected by 24 hour Causeway Transit Visa on arrival. Ebola Example - SINGAPORE, 05 November 2014 Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone require a 3. Nationals of AND travelers arriving visa, applied for prior to departure for Singapore. Visitors from countries infected by Ebola 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.
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 21 30 April 2015 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 22 30 April 2015 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
Can Timatic help during the EVD Outbreak? 24 30 April 2015 Our key priorities… 26