The end of the beginning?
Apr. 6th, 2021 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anna_winghttps://www.iata.org/en/youandiata/travelers/iata-travel-pass-for-travelers/
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/pr/2021-04-06-01/
The IATA COVID19 travel pass has been available for use since March 2021, and now has its first taker. According to the IATA press release. Twenty airlines have apparently been testing it, and Singapore will accept it from May 2021. If the other big Asian and Middle-eastern hubs and airlines do the same, that will be a very significant step towards a revival of international travel.
As I understand it, the travel pass will initially be used in relation to PCR test results, but can be expanded to include vaccination status eventually, once there is some consensus as to which vaccines qualify, and how to deal with people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons (people who refuse to be vaccinated for other reasons are free not to travel).
Fingers crossed.
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/pr/2021-04-06-01/
The IATA COVID19 travel pass has been available for use since March 2021, and now has its first taker. According to the IATA press release. Twenty airlines have apparently been testing it, and Singapore will accept it from May 2021. If the other big Asian and Middle-eastern hubs and airlines do the same, that will be a very significant step towards a revival of international travel.
As I understand it, the travel pass will initially be used in relation to PCR test results, but can be expanded to include vaccination status eventually, once there is some consensus as to which vaccines qualify, and how to deal with people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons (people who refuse to be vaccinated for other reasons are free not to travel).
Fingers crossed.
