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Korean Air Lines will employ the mobile travel pass of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) starting with the Los Angeles-bound KE011 flying out from Incheon in May. Korean Air Lines announced Thursday it is partnering with the IATA to trial the Travel Pass, a mobile app that helps travelers to store and manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests or vaccines in line with any government requirements needed to travel between certain countries. The IATA Travel Pass ensures systematic pre-departure testing to facilitate travels to countries which have reopened borders. Korean Air will begin the trial run of the Travel Pass app with the flight KE011 leaving Seoul for Los Angeles in May.<br/>

China Airlines has promoted Shing-Hwang Kao, a company veteran of over 35 years, to become its new president. Kao, who was previously a senior vice president at the Taipei-based carrier, will assume his new position effective immediately, taking over from current acting president Su-Chien Hsieh, who is also the airline’s chairman. He started at the carrier in 1986 as a flight attendant, before training to be a pilot, where he rose to the position of instructor. In 2003, Kao, who is trained to fly the Airbus A300, A330, A340 and the Boeing 747-400, joined China Airlines’ management team, first as assistant chief pilot and chief pilot, before joining the airline’s flight operations department. Kao, who has a degree in transportation management, also held management positions in other divisions such as finance, corporate safety, as well as cabin crew management.<br/>