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The Iata Travel Pass, a Covid health app being tested by airlines around the world, is set to go live within weeks, according to the International Air Transport Association s chief.
A number of Middle East and global carriers will launch the digital travel pass for Covid-19 test results and vaccine certification, Willie Walsh, director-general of Iata, told reporters at an online media briefing on Thursday.
The Iata Travel Pass has so far received very positive feedback, according to the global airline body s chief. We expect it to go live out of the testing mode in the next couple of weeks, Mr Walsh said.
SMEs, which have more flexibility and faster decision-making than larger corporations and multinationals, could drive a near-term recovery for business travel, according to a panel of SME representatives at the CAPA event. SMEs will start to travel before the large corporates because corporates will have a more sophisticated plan, they have to get approvals and they like to play it more safe than SMEs, said Danny Lau, managing director of Kam Pin Industrial. SMEs take more flexible arrangements and they’re ahead of the curve to go visit overseas clients if the location is open for travel.
Further complicating companies decision-making for air travel is the price volatility of plane ticket fares, said