MANILA, Philippines–Philippine Airlines (PAL) is joining a global trial for the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) COVID-19 digital passport—part of a worldwide effort to safely ease travel restrictions.
PAL said in a statement on Wednesday (April 21) that the trial period for the IATA Travel Pass mobile app will runon select dates from May to June 2021 for flights from Manila to Los Angeles and Singapore.
The Travel Pass program aims to create a digital health ID based on standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
IATA said the program hopes to provide governments “the confidence to open borders.”
“We want to make it simple for our customers to trav…
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