UAE’s Emirates and Etihad Airways to trial Covid-19 travel pass

Dubai’s Emirates and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways have partnered with the IATA to introduce a travel pass for passengers who have been inoculated against Covid-19 or have tested negative. The IATA Travel Pass will be offered on selected flights from Abu Dhabi in the first quarter, state-owned Etihad said Tuesday. The carrier will extend the pass to other destinations if the initial trial is successful. The travel pass will keep passengers in control of their data and facilitate sharing their test results with airlines and authorities for travel, Etihad said. Emirates will implement phase 1 of the pass in April to validate Covid-19 tests for flights departing from Dubai. IATA, the industry group, had planned a test program with BA parent IAG at the end of last year. And last month, Singapore Airlines started trials on a new digital verification process based on IATA’s Travel Pass Framework.<br/>