New York airports introduce rapid tests

Now New York has also introduced rapid tests at two of its airports. For this purpose, a private company called XpresCheck operates test stations with quick tests at the two airports Newark and JFK, which enable results within 15 minutes.

The advocacy of the corona rapid tests is getting bigger and bigger and is being introduced more and more often, especially in the flight industry. The introduction of rapid tests at airports is also increasingly being expanded in the USA, for example United recently decided to make rapid tests compulsory on some of its routes to Hawaii at San Francisco International Airport. Now two New York airports are required to introduce Covid rapid tests before boarding and it is hoped that this will circumvent the widespread quarantine obligation. The private company XpresCheck is already planning to expand the installation of these rapid test stations at large and medium-sized airports in the USA.

Newark and JFK opened test centers earlier this month

In the last few months in particular, some airlines, in cooperation with health and medical organizations, have introduced corona test stations, such as Lufthansa in Frankfurt, where the test results were initially completed within three hours. This process is now being increasingly optimized over time, so that the XpresCheck rapid tests deliver results within 15 minutes. This progress will certainly ensure that the rapid tests are introduced at airlines and airports in general. The rapid test centers at New York Airports Newark and JFK opened on October 7th – on Level 3 in Terminal B in Newark and Terminal 4 at JFK. Doug Satzman, CEO of the private rapid test company, believes that this concept could avoid a two-week quarantine, which could have a positive effect on the entire travel industry.

Having a rapid test inside the airport immediately upon travel could also eliminate the need for a full 14-day quarantine in states where that applies.

Doug Satzman, CEO of XpresCheck Group

A doctor from XpresCheck also sees only positive advantages in the tests, as Simple Flying.de reports.

Cutting the time for results to 15 minutes or less changes the testing paradigm for travelers and airport employees, creating a series of benefits. It means early detection results are known in time to take appropriate measures to prevent disease transmission. This is literally a shortcut to a safer environment.

Dr. Marcelo Venegas, an XpresCheck medical worker

To what extent the results are actually reliable and to what extent the travelers build more security and trust, certainly remains questionable. For the time being, however, this is a very helpful way to stimulate travel again without endangering travelers.

XpresCheck as a pioneer in rapid test centers

Researchers around the world are currently working on the development of a suitable vaccine. Until the vaccine actually hits the market, the top priority for the travel industry is the Covid test centers, which are now being rolled out at numerous airports around the world. An important step to help the aviation industry get back on its feet and to achieve more trips, especially in the quieter winter months.

Even if XpresCheck is so far unknown to some, the company has a good reputation in the industry and already operates health and wellness facilities at 25 airports around the world. You are an example of a private company that is definitely leading the way in running COVID-19 tests. I’m curious to see whether the increased use of rapid tests can actually generate increased demand in the flight industry.

Conclusion on the new test centers at New York airports

In New York, too, they want to ramp up travel more strongly in the future and, in the best case, save travelers the quarantine obligation, which applies again in many places. In addition, test centers run by the company XpresCheck have opened at Newark and JFK airports for over a week, with which travelers receive their test results after just 15 minutes. We are curious to see how the situation develops all around. Do you think this has a future?

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