June 27, 2021 New ways: Vaccine passes are among the alternatives mooted to costly and time-consuming Covid-19 test for flyer - PTI New ways: Vaccine passes are among the alternatives mooted to costly and time-consuming Covid-19 test for flyer - PTI× As vaccination numbers increase, airlines and the government look for the middle path to revive the beleagured travel sector As airlines struggle to keep afloat during the pandemic, the government is trying hard to ring-fence its citizens from the virus. As a first step towards meeting the government’s expectations halfway, airlines are rolling out incentives to passengers who have taken at least one dose of vaccination while some others have fully vaccinated crew to helm flights. At the same time, in anticipation of the traffic recovery forecast by aviation consultancy CAPA in the second half of this financial year, airlines want the mandatory RT-PCR test done away with for passengers who have received both shots of a Covid-19 vaccine.