The transatlantic flight follows Common Pass’s first successful attempt on a recent Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong Singapore, where an air travel corridor was set up earlier this month.
Even with the new app, countries can set their own Test and quarantine rules For travelers but officials, a flier’s Common Pass account can be used to determine if they meet current restrictions. The app’s founders also believe it could allay passengers’ fears that they might catch the virus while in flight. “You know that when you’re on an airplane, you know that everyone has tested negative – you want to travel again,” said Christoph Wolff, Head of Mobility at the World Economic Forum, at the media event.
After the successful attempts, the team behind the project plans a quick expansion. “We work with many more major airlinesand we are planning additional routes through Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, which we will introduce in November and December for a broad-based deployment at the beginning of the year, ”said Meyer.
Widespread use of the app would also mean the end of the inconvenient submission of paper certificates COVID-19 test Results. The format of the paper test results can be when airlines and border guards have to analyze very different formats or even different languages. Some airlines also want to review a passenger’s test results before they can check in. This means that online check-in is not possible for people with paper certificates. Common Pass is also able to link a traveller’s identification to the identity collected at the test site, eliminating the possibility of falsifying a test result, Meyer said.
Another advantage? Lots Privacy concerns would be eliminated, according to Meyer. “The other thing that matters is the privacy aspects of this model,” he said. “We don’t believe that people have to give their personal health information to either an airline or a government just because they want to travel. The way we designed the Common Pass and Framework is to keep health information under the control of the individual. “The platform checks whether a passenger has been tested, but the information is not stored or passed on to third parties.
The Common Pass can also be used to cross borders Ground transportationand it can be used to show Vaccination protocols Even if there is a vaccine that is widely used. The app is free to download and Meyer promises that it will always be a free service.
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