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Vietjet to trial IATA Travel Pass for international flights

Vietjet will participate in trialling the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, a mobile app to manage digital health credentials in order to bring the best experiences to customers.
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HCMCity (VNA) - Vietjet will participate in trialling theInternational Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, a mobile app tomanage digital health credentials in order to bring the best experiences tocustomers. 

TheIATA Travel Pass will help passengers manage their travel health credentials inline with the prevailing government requirements for COVID-19 tests orvaccination.

Itconsists of four modules – a global registry of health requirements, a globalregistry of testing centres, a lab app to securely share test and vaccinationcertificates with passengers, and a contactless travel app that enablespassengers to create a digital passport and manage their travel documentationdigitally.

Atall times, travellers remain in control of their data with their privacyprotected as the IATA Travel Pass does not store any data centrally.

“Vietjetis one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass. Vietjetstrongly believes that with IATA Travel Pass, our passengers will get the bestexperience on their upcoming travels,” said Vietjet Managing Director Dinh VietPhuong.

“Welook forward to working with Vietjet to trial IATA Travel Pass and demonstratethat digital health apps can securely, conveniently and efficiently help managepassenger travel health credentials. This is a positive step forward towardsrestarting international aviation,” said Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior VicePresident for Airport, Passenger, Cargo, Security.

TheIATA Travel Pass team has been working closely with Vietjet – an IATA member,and the relevant Vietnamese authorities, as well as with other IATA members andgovernments to ensure the product could support and facilitate safeinternational travel.

Beforemaking a flight, passengers download the IATA Travel Pass application, fill ininformation, and take a COVID-19 test at designated facilities. They willreceive an “OK to Travel” if their travel health credentials meet thedestination’s requirements./.
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