Emirates Airlines has announced that trials for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass have started.
The travel pass is a mobile app that will help passengers easily manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information.
Passengers on flight EK185 from Dubai to Barcelona tested the digital passport which helps in providing ease to travel by ensuring all documents including vaccination certificated required are available.
Adel Al Redha, Emirates Chief Operating Officer said, “The ability to process passengers’ COVID-19 relevant data for travel digitally will be the way forward. We are pleased to have been pioneers and partner with IATA in trialling this initiative in real-time and soon will be launching other initiatives to further enhance our customer experience.”
Trails will also take place for London Heathrow to Dubai flights and additional flights will soon be added.
Emirates in partnership with select Prime Health Care labs in Dubai have been given access to send passenger's test results via the app. Select Screen4 labs in the UK have also been given access.
Additional labs will be added in the future to share passenger's reports through the app.