From 1
May 2021, passengers travelling to Singapore will be able to use IATA Travel
Pass to share their pre-departure Covid-19 PCR test results upon check-in with
their airline, as well as on arrival at the immigration checkpoints at Changi
Airport.
Willie
Walsh, IATA’s newly appointed director general, said, “Having the confidence of
an aviation leader like Singapore accept IATA Travel Pass is hugely
significant. Ongoing trials put us on track for IATA Travel Pass to be a
critical tool for the industry’s restart by delivering verified travel health
credentials to governments. And travellers can have complete confidence that
their personal data is secure and under their own control. The success of our
joint efforts will make IATA’s partnership with the government of Singapore a
model for others to follow.”
“We have
built upon our long standing and deep partnership with IATA to develop
solutions to facilitate travel. This latest collaboration with IATA
demonstrates our shared commitment to drive the adoption of digital health
certificates and restore international air travel. As we look to safely rebuild
the Changi air hub, we will continue to explore other solutions that can
provide similarly secure and verifiable means of sharing health certificates
for safe international travel,” said Kevin Shum, director-general of
Singapore’s civil aviation authority.
More than
20 airlines have announced trials of the IATA Travel Pass.