Novel H1N1 Flu Information

To read information about the ongoing outbreak of novel H1N1 flu, please see the Novel H1N1 Flu and Travel section of the CDC Travelers’ Health website, including the Airlines guidance under Information for the Travel Industry.

Also see CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers To Plan and Respond to the 2009–2010 Influenza Season.

Aircraft Illness and Death Reporting Protocols

Based on Federal Regulations (42 CFR Part 71), CDC DGMQ requires reporting from international conveyances destined for the U.S. of all onboard deaths and certain illnesses suggestive of a communicable disease.

• Federal regulations and process for reporting possible communicable illness to CDC on international flights destined for the U.S.
  • Available as a PDF(138.95 KB, 1 page)
• Guide for flight attendants for recognizing and reporting potential communicable illness on board flights bound for the U.S.
  • Available as a PDF(137.65 KB, 1 page)
• Cockpit card(50.17 KB, 1 page)
  Cockpit card for pilots about reporting possible communicable illness to CDC on international flights destined for the U.S.
• Public Health announcements(55.93 KB, 2 pages)
  Scripts for public health announcements for five different potential communicable illness situations for use by flight crew
• CDC Quarantine Stations and jurisdictions

Measles and International Travel

• Flight Crew Public Health Information: Measles

Avian Influenza

• Interim Guidance for Airline Flight Crews and Persons Meeting Passengers Arriving from Areas with Avian Influenza
  • Available as a PDF(92.16 KB, 4 pages)
    

• Interim Guidance for Cleaning Aircraft Exteriors after Collisions with Birds in Avian Influenza A (H5N1)-Affected Areas

 

Air Travel, including Disinsection and In-flight Disease Transmission

Tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis and Air Travel: Guidelines for Prevention and Control, 3nd Edition (World Health Organization, 2008) (502 KB, 65 pages)
• Tuberculosis Risk on Aircraft
• Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)

Meningitis

• Guidelines for the Management of Airline Passengers Exposed to Meningococcal Disease
  Information for health care providers

SARS

• SARS Information for Airline, Airport, and Air Travel Workers
• Managing International Travel-Related Transmission Risk
• SARS Risk on Aircraft

 

Airports Council International (ACI)
Preparedness guidelines for airports about communicable diseases

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Guidelines for airlines about health and safety and communicable diseases

International Civil Aviation Organization
Communicable disease/avian influenza guidelines