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Singapore accepts IATA Travel Pass app for pre-flight COVID test results
April 7th 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said overnight Singapore’s government had approved the use of its Travel Pass app to verify pre-departure COVID-19 PCR test results. Read More » From May 1, travellers to Singapore can use the IATA Travel Pass to show their COVID-19 test results to airline staff at check in and to immigration officials on arrival at Changi Airport, IATA said. “Having the confidence of an aviation leader like Singapore accept the IATA Travel Pass is hugely significant," said new IATA director general and CEO, Willie Walsh, who took on his new role on April 1. "Ongoing trials put us on track for the IATA Travel Pass to be a critical tool for the industry’s restart by delivering verified travel health credentials to governments." Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) director general, Kevin Shum, said the collaboration with IATA on the Travel Pass app demonstrated a shared commitment to adopt digital health certificates and restore international air travel. "As we work to safely rebuild the Changi airport hub, we will continue to explore solutions that can provide similarly secure and verifiable means of sharing health certificates for safe international travel,” Shum said.
