The pandemic has brought travel to a complete standstill but there has to be a solution. The global airlines’ body wants to launch a digital travel pass to provide easy air travel to international passengers during the pandemic. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is also in talks with Indian carriers to sign them up for its digital travel pass. The travel health pass will also ease travel restrictions for flyers. However, Singapore Airlines becomes the first carrier to launch IATA’s digital travel pass application.
Passengers with phones can download the IATA travel pass application. Once downloaded, travellers can create a digital ID and log in photo and passport information and flight information into the application. Read on to know more about the IATA Travel Pass. Singapore Airlines To Also Launch World’s Longest Commercial Flights.
IATA Travel Pass – An Application To Manage Travel Easily
The IATA Travel Pass is a mobile application to help passengers manage their travel easily during the pandemic. It will also help passengers stay updated with government requirements for COVID-19 tests or vaccines. This travel pass will be more secure and efficient than the current paper processes for managing health requirements. Emirates & Etihad To Trial IATA’s Travel Pass For Covid Test Results & Vaccine Certificates.
Significance Of The IATA Travel Pass
The IATA travel pass will help manage the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis. The application will be extremely critical given the scale of vaccine verifications that authorities will need to manage securely. Vaccination proofs and verified testing has become a condition of international travel during these times and the health pass will help manage the logistics better.
Key Points To Know About The IATA Travel Pass
- The IATA Travel Pass will be free to download and use for passengers.
- Verified COVID-19 tests and vaccination certificates will be stored on the traveller’s phone making it easy to show their certificates to authorities and other stakeholders.
- The IATA Travel Pass simply links entities that need verification and does not store any data centrally.
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The first-cross border pilots started at the end of 2020 and Singapore Airlines becomes the first airline to pilot the new IATA mobile phone travel pass for digital health verification.
First Published: March 10, 2021 11:45 AM