Covid-19: How airlines are ensuring safe, smooth passenger travel

Covid-19: How airlines are ensuring safe, smooth passenger travel

Airlines in the UAE and around the world have been consistently embracing innovative measures for smooth passenger travel experience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry executives believe that introduction of vaccine passports and other such measures will provide health data of the travellers to airlines and governments around the world about the health of the passengers, hence, making it easier for the passengers to travel. Below is the list of some of the measures taken by the aviation industry for smoother passenger travel and to expedite the recovery of the sector. The Travel Pass mobile app by the International Air Transport Association (Iata) is aimed at re-opening borders without quarantine and restart aviation governments need to be confident that they are effectively mitigating the risk of importing Covid-19. This means having accurate information on passengers’ Covid-19 health status. The app helps travellers to store and manage their verified certifications for Covid-19 tests or vaccines. It helps governments to verify the authenticity of tests or vaccinations and the identity of those presenting their certificates. A number of UAE and other Gulf carriers are using IATA’s Travel Pass. The UAE and other Gulf countries are also working on a digital Covid-19 passport which