Malaysia Airlines announced on Thursday (April 29) that it was going to trial the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, a mobile application that allows passengers to verify their Covid-19 test results and vaccination status. The IATA Travel Pass is not required to be downloaded by all passengers unless the airline they are flying […]
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In general, the trial is a continuation of the announcement that the airline has made in February. Back then, Malaysia Airlines has revealed its intention to develop its own Digital Travel Health Pass that will be integrated into its mobile app and this pass will be using some modules from the IATA Travel Pass.
According to IATA, its app contains four main modules including a list of health requirements for destinations all over the world. Other than that, the app also has a list of COVID-19 testing and vaccination centres that are located at passenger’s departure point.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines will be among the first airlines in the world to start a trial of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Travel Pass, a mobile app for digital health certification.
MAS said in preparation of its own Digital Travel Health Pass on the Malaysia Airlines mobile app, the IATA trial is being conducted on flights out of Kuala Lumpur to London until May 27.
“Selected passengers on MH4 that departed KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) at 9.05am this morning were the first to have access to the new application, bringing all the information passengers need to know in order to travel in one, simple, easy-to-navigate app.
Malaysia Airlines among the first trialing IATA Travel Pass 29 Apr 2021 / 11:36 H. Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines is among the first global airlines trialing the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass – a mobile phone application (app) for health verification digitally.
In preparation for its own Digital Travel Health Pass on the Malaysia Airlines mobile app, the trial run will involve passengers on flights from Kuala Lumpur to London between April 29 and May 27, 2021, it said in a statement today.
“Selected passengers travelling on MH4 tomorrow morning will be the first to have access to the new app, which offers all the information passengers need to know in one simple, easy-to-navigate app,” the airline said.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Malaysia Airlines is conducting a trial on the IATA Travel Pass app on flights out of Kuala Lumpur to London from today until May 27.
In a statement, the national carrier said it is the first airline in the country and one of the first few in the world to trial the app, which is used for digital health verification.
“Selected passengers travelling on MH4 [that] departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 9.05am this morning were the first to have access to the new application, bringing all the information passengers need to know in order to travel in one simple easy-to-navigate application.