A joint testing trial has found that a comprehensive Covid-19 testing programme can help reopen international travel safely. The trial was conducted by American Airlines, British Airways and the Oneworld Alliance, with the relevant data gathered on how passengers evaluate risk and comply with Covid-19 rules analysed by researchers at the UK’s University of Oxford.
The university’s Oxford Internet Institute (OII) conducted a study titled ‘Trust, Testing and Travel, Technology Use, Traveller Knowledge and Compliance with COVID-19 Health Rules’, which analysed aggregated survey data from nearly 600 travellers who took part in the voluntary testing trial on select flights from the USA to London Heathrow (LHR) between November 2020 and March 2021. The trial offered passengers three complimentary Covid-19 tests, with participants taking an initial PCR…