In this new phase of pandemic, where many countries have reopened the boundaries and the travel situation seems stable, the aviation government needs more information on passengers’ health status in order to mitigate the risk of spreading Covid-19. The differences in pandemic management policies brought every country to take some specific measure to mitigate pandemic.
Covid-19 vaccination certificates are becoming a widespread requirement for international travel. Handling the European and UK certificates through IATA Travel Pass is an important step forward, providing convenience for travelers, authenticity for governments and efficiency for airlines
Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Operations Safety and Security.
The absence of a global standard makes it much harder for airlines, border authorities and governments to recognize and verify a traveler’s digital vaccination certificate. The industry is working around this by developing solutions that can recognize and verify certificates from individual countries. But this is a slow process that is hampering the restart of international travel
Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Operations Safety and Security.
Harmonization is necessary to give a totality sense and more safety sense to all the people that are restarting to travel. Standardization of digital vaccines is necessary across Europe and it is fundamental to make the travel condition easier, avoiding queues. For this reason, since now EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC) and UK NHS COVID Pass can now be uploaded into IATA Travel Pass as verified proof of vaccination for travel. Then, the information can be shared with the aviation staff in order to prove identity and health status.
