20 Jan 2021
Travelers will soon be required to present Chinese coronavirus certificates to board international flights and pass through foreign countries’ borders, the CEO of Qatar Airways predicted on Tuesday.
“I think that this will be the new norm that everybody will have to produce a vaccination certificate to board an aeroplane – and not only to board an aeroplane, a lot of countries would require that you be vaccinated before you come to the countries,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker told BBC World News on January 19.
Al Baker said he thinks the International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O.), the International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.), and the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) will spearhead an initiative to “introduce a safe pass for people whose vaccination certificates will be recognized internationally.”