International Air Transport Association, (IATA), is set to unveil a digital travel pass for COVID-19 test results and vaccine certificates.
The global airline industry body said on Wednesday that the e-pass would be launched on the Apple platform mid this month.
The digital travel pass, currently in the testing phase, was to be launched by the end of March.
IATA Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East Kamil Alawadhi said it was expected to launch on the Apple platform in the next two weeks, and later for the Android platform.
“But the application will only achieve its success once airlines, different countries, airports adopt it,” Alawadhi said.
According to Reuters, Virgin Atlantic said on Friday it would trial the IATA app on its London to Barbados route from April 16. Barbados has said it will accept the pass at its border, one of the first countries to accept a digital pass instead of paper documentation.
IATA has said its travel pass will help speed up check-ins.
