Information for the Travel Industry: Air Travel

Measles and International Travel

• Measles Guidance for Commercial Aircraft Operators

Seasonal Influenza

• Guidance for Commercial Aircraft Operators: Seasonal Influenza

Haiti Cholera Outbreak

• Interim Guidance for Protecting Travelers on Commercial Aircraft Serving Haiti During the Cholera Outbreak

Infection Control Guidelines

• Infection Control Guidelines for Cabin Crew Members on Commercial Aircraft Updated March 2, 2012

Onboard Death and Illness Reporting

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

• Airline fact sheet for reporting onboard death and illnesses to CDC
  • Available as a PDF [PDF - 609 KB - 1 page]
• Onboard Death and Illness Response Tool for Cabin Crew
  • Available as a PDF [PDF - 435 KB - 1 page]
• Onboard Death and Illness Response Tool for Pilots
  Onboard Death and Illness Response Tool for Pilots about reporting possible communicable illness to CDC on international flights destined for the United States
  • Available as a PDF [PDF - 463 KB - 1 page]

Air Travel

Recommendations from Health Information for International Travel 2012 (CDC Yellow Book)

Tuberculosis

• CDC Tuberculosis home page
• Tuberculosis and Air Travel: Guidelines for Prevention and Control, 3nd Edition (World Health Organization, 2008) (PDF)

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