Japan airline begins trial of mobile app to certify passengers Covid status
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Tokyo, May 24 (IANS) The All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, on Monday began testing a mobile app to certify the Covid-19 status of passengers, in a move towards the country’s potential issuance of “vaccine passports” aimed at making international travel smoother and safer.
The trial of the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass (IATA Travel Pass) will be conducted on the carrier’s international flights connecting Tokyo with Honolulu and New York through June 6, Xinhua news agency quoted ANA as saying.
“As it is important to create an environment in which passengers can travel with peace of mind, the aviation industry has high hopes for the IATA app,” ANA executive Tadashi Matsushita, who is heading the project, said.
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Emirates Air faced tough year as virus looms over travel AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press
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1of5Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and chairman of The Emirates Group speaks with journalists at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 17, 2021. The Middle East s largest airlines saw its passenger levels plummet by 70% last year and furloughed more than 25% of its staff due to the coronavirus pandemic, Al Maktoum said Monday.Kamran Jebreili/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and chairman of The Emirates Group speaks with journalists at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 17, 2021. The Middle East s largest airlines saw its passenger levels plummet by 70% last year and furloughed more than 25% of its staff due to the coronavirus pandemic, A
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People visit the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The Middle East s largest airlines saw its passenger levels plummet by 70% last year and furloughed more than 25% of its staff due to the coronavirus pandemic, Emirates chairman and chief executive said Monday. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) May 17, 2021 - 10:08 AM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) â Passenger levels for the Middle East s largest airlines plummeted by 70% last year and it furloughed more than a quarter of its staff due to the coronavirus pandemic, Emirates chairman and chief executive said Monday.
Despite the turbulence of last year and the continued uncertainty around global travel, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said he expects passenger levels for Dubai s flagship carrier to climb back to nearly three-fourths of what they were before the COVID-19 outbreak by the end of the year.
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