IATA is in the final
development phase of a digital health pass designed to support the
safe reopening of borders.
Some governments are beginning to use testing as a
means of limiting the risks of COVID19 importation without the
need for quarantine. The IATA Travel Pass will help to manage and verify the secure flow
of necessary testing or vaccine information among governments,
airlines, laboratories and travelers.
IATA is calling for systematic COVID19 testing of
all international travelers and the information flow
infrastructure needed to enable this must support:
– Governments with the means to verify the
authenticity of tests and the identity of those presenting the
test certificates;
– Airlines with the ability to provide
accurate information to their passengers on test requirements and
verify that a passenger meets the requirements for travel;
– Laboratories with the means to issue digital certificates to
passengers that will be recognized by governments, and; and
–
Travelers with accurate information on test requirements, where
they can get tested or vaccinated, and the means to securely
convey test information to airlines and border authorities.
“Today borders are double locked” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
“Testing is the first key to enable international travel without
quarantine measures. The second key is the global information
infrastructure needed to securely manage, share and verify test
data matched with traveler identities in compliance with border
control requirements. That’s the job of IATA Travel Pass. We are
bringing this to market in the coming months to also meet the
needs of the various travel bubbles and public health corridors
that are starting operation.”
The IATA
Travel Pass incorporates four open sourced and interoperable
modules which can be combined for an end-to-end solution:
Global Registry of Health
Requirements: Enables passengers to
find accurate information on travel, testing and eventually
vaccine requirements for their journey.
Global Registry
of Testing / Vaccination Centers: Enables passengers to find
testing centers and labs at their departure location which meet
the standards for testing and vaccination requirements of their
destination.
Lab App: Enables authorized labs and test
centers to securely share test and vaccination certificates with passengers.
Contactless Travel App:
Enables passengers
to (1) create a ‘digital passport’, (2) receive test and
vaccination certificates and verify that they are sufficient for
their itinerary, and (3) share testing or vaccination certificates
with airlines and authorities to facilitate travel. This app can
also be used by travelers to manage travel documentation digitally
and seamlessly throughout their journey, improving travel
experience.
IATA and International Airlines Group
(IAG) have been working together in the development of this
solution and will undertake a trial to demonstrate that this
platform combined with COVID19 testing can reopen international
travel and replace quarantine.
IATA’s Timatic
is used by most airlines to manage compliance with passport and
visa regulations and will be the base for the global registry and
verification of health requirements. IATA’s One ID initiative was endorsed by a resolution at its 75th Annual General
Meeting in 2019 to securely facilitate travel processes with a
single identity token. It is the base for the IATA Contactless
Travel App for identity verification that will also manage the
test and vaccination certificates.
Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President,
Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security, said, “Our main priority
is to get people traveling again safely. In the immediate term
that means giving governments confidence that systematic COVID-19
testing can work as a replacement for quarantine requirements. And
that will eventually develop into a vaccine program. The IATA
Travel Pass is a solution for both. And we have built it using a
modular approach based on open source standards to facilitate
interoperability. It can be used in combination with other
providers or as a standalone end-to-end solution. The most
important thing is that it is responsive to industry’s needs while
enabling a competitive market.”
The first cross-border IATA Travel Pass pilot is scheduled for
later this year and the ISO launch slated for Q1 2021 with Android
expected to take off in Q2 2021.
The IATA .pdf about the Travel Pass is available
free of charge
here.
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