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Life After Covid-19: Singapore Rolling Out IATA Travel Pass

: Apr 6, 2021 - : 11:29 am

Passengers travelling to Singapore by air will be able to use the International Air Transport Association (IATA) travel pass from May 1, as part of a collaboration between the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and IATA.

Passengers will be able to use the the Travel Pass to share their pre-departure COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results with their airline during check-in, as well as on arrival at the immigration checkpoints at Changi Airport, CAAS and IATA said on Monday.

“This is part of an ongoing collaboration between CAAS and IATA to facilitate seamless and efficient travel through digital certificates of COVID-19 tests,” the two organizations said in a press release.

The IATA travel pass is a mobile app that can be used by passengers to obtain and store their COVID-19 test results from accredited laboratories. Industry experts expect  solutions such as the travel pass to help drive adoption of digital health certificates and facilitate the secure verification of the health credentials of travelers.

In March, Singapore Airlines (SIA) tested the travel pass on passengers travelling from Singapore to London between Mar 15 and Mar 28. The airline said the app was well received by their customers, majority of whom said they were open to using the app for international travel in the future.

Singapore health and border control authorities will accept the IATA Travel Pass as a valid form of presentation of COVID-19 pre-departure test results for entry into Singapore. The information presented on the IATA Travel Pass will be in a format that satisfies Singapore’s prevailing COVID-19 pre-departure test requirements for entry into Singapore.

The information presented on the IATA travel pass will be in a format that satisfies Singapore’s prevailing COVID-19 pre-departure test requirements for entry into Singapore, the organizations said.

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