Emirates Airlines will now offer the IATA Travel Pass to passengers flying to 10 different cities, with plans to extend it to all routes on its network in the coming weeks.
Additionally, Emirates has also partnered with Al Hosn, the official app in the UAE for COVID-19 related contact tracing and health documentation, to offer passengers easier travel.
Passengers travelling from Dubai to London, Barcelona, Madrid, Istanbul, New York JFK, Moscow, Frankfurt, Charles De Gaulle and Amsterdam can now use the IATA Travel Pass.
Travellers can get access to the latest COVID-19 related travel information including the location of PCR test labs and manage their COVID-19 travel documentation such as vaccination and latest PCR test results through the Travel Pass.
Passengers will receive an SMS and email with the activation code and instructions on downloading the IATA Travel Pass app.
Emirates will also integrate the Al Hosn app from July for check-in systems, which will offer passengers a quicker and simplified way of verifying medical records.
Once check-in is completed, the medical records are discarded from the Emirates systems.
Adel Al Redha, Emirates Chief Operating Officer said, "Over the past months, we have really accelerated our biometric, contactless and digital travel verification projects to provide our customers with even greater convenience and assurance when they fly with Emirates. From our biometrics path at Dubai International (DXB) to initiatives like the IATA Travel Pass and integrations with the health authority databases, these projects deliver multiple benefits from better customer experiences to the reduced use of paper, and improved efficiency and reliability in travel document checks. We are grateful for the support from the authorities and our industry partners in the successful deployment of these projects which strengthen Emirates and Dubai’s world-leading aviation capabilities."