Passengers With Cold, Malaria May Not Be Airlifted - Aero Contractors

Posted by Lanre Aerodove on July 02, 2020 in | Comments : 0

The Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Capt. Ado Sanusi, has advised persons with malaria and cold not to bother going to the airport because such passengers may not be airlifted.

According to him, “I will like to point out that if you have malaria or common cold, do not come to the airport because there is a high possibility that you are going to be denied boarding. This is the new normal that we are going to see. The main thing for the airlines is to make sure that the airplanes are safe and that is what we are doing.”
"Even if the person come with doctor's report that he is having malaria, the airline would still not board such a person except he comes with a negative COVID-19 test result" Sanusi stated.

He stressed further, “My airline would not allow someone with a doctor’s report that says I have malaria. I would rather have him come with a COVID-19 test result certifying that he is free from COVID-19.”
Persons who sneeze and cough mid-air would be isolated on the aeroplane and treated as suspected COVID-19 cases. And when the plane lands, such persons would be handed over to the port health authorities.

Sanusi stated that the two-metre spacing recommended by the World Health Organisation is not going to be feasible on the airplanes but passengers would be spaced where possible and wearing of face masks will be mandated for all passengers.

The Aero Contractors boss has also said, “There won’t be serving of food because that will increase the number of times you will be contacting passengers and then the passengers would be removing their face masks to eat the food so I think it is not the best".