Virgin Atlantic announced on Friday the company will launch two one-month trials involving digital health passes on April 16 on its flights from London to Barbados. Travelers will be invited from mid-April to download the IATA Travel Pass and create a profile according to the airline, in which they will store information about COVID-19 testing as well as vaccination status once it is available.
“In parallel to the UK’s successful vaccination program and accompanied by a risk-based, phased easing of restrictions, we can see a flightpath to soon allow the safe restart of international travel at scale, in time for summer,” commented COO Corneel Koster, adding that “rapid, affordable testing combined with digital health integration will be vital to streamline and simplify the customer experience, make border health checks manageable and build consumer confidence.”
Virgin Atlantic is also seeking to introduce a similar feature in the United States. From March 29, travelers will be able to verify COVID-19 test results digitally through their smartphones.
