First Emirates passengers trial digital passport designed to facilitate air travel’s recovery
Emirates has launched trials of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass – a mobile app designed to make air travel smoother in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first passengers travelling from Dubai to Barcelona on EK 185 trialled the ‘digital passport’ to verify and share their pre-travel COVID-19 test status with Emirates.
The trials enable travellers to manage COVID-19 related documentation digitally throughout the travel experience. In the future, travellers will also be able to share vaccination certificates with authorities and airlines to facilitate travel.
Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ COO, 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.”
The trial is being done on selected Emirates flights from Dubai to Barcelona and London Heathrow to Dubai and will soon be expanded to include other routes.
Eligible passengers are being invited to download the app and enrol for the digital travel pass ahead of their travels.
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