Qatar Airways, the flag carrier of the State of Qatar, represents one of the big success stories in the aviation industry with its glorious two decades of journey.
Since its re-launch in 1997, the flag carrier has become one of the fastest growing airlines with unprecedented expansion covering over 150 destinations.
Qatar Airways has been acknowledged for its performance, quality of services and connectivity as a multiple award-winning best airline, and the airline’s home and hub, Hamad International Airport (HIA), was also ranked the best airport in the world. The story of Qatar Airways performance during the global pandemic of COVID-19 is also a story of outstanding achievements and excellence that helped it to be in the forefront of initiatives leading recovery of the industry.
Qatar Airways continued flying across the continents and managed to repatriate over 3.1 million passengers stranded in the world’s airports to their countries when most of the airline companies were forced to keep their aircraft on the ground amid the impact of the global health crisis.
Qatar Airways adopted a number of industry-leading initiatives from introducing contactless solutions, a digital health passport and UV cabin cleaning tech to operating the world’s first fully COVID-19 vaccinated flight.
Continuing to set the benchmark for innovation, Qatar Airways, on Friday, announced that it would be the first airline to trial COVID-19 vaccine authentication through the IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’ Mobile App.
Thus, the company reaffirms its commitment to its passengers, their safety by reducing paperwork and providing them with a more contactless, secure and seamless travel experience.
Commenting on the initiative, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive H E Akbar Al Baker, said: “Despite the significant challenges the pandemic has caused international aviation, Qatar Airways is proud to lead the way by becoming the first airline to trial COVID-19 vaccine authentication through the IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’ Mobile App”.
According to the company the trial will be rolled out in phases from July, beginning initially with cabin crew returning to Doha travelling from Kuwait, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Sydney. Cabin crew will be able to upload their Qatar issued COVID-19 vaccination credentials along with their COVID-19 test results to the IATA Travel Pass Mobile App and verify they are eligible to travel. On arrival in Doha, crew will then be able to safely and securely share their vaccination certificate and proceed through immigration at the airport, said Qatar Airways.
This latest initiative has proven that when it comes to innovation, Qatar Airways is leading from the front in the global aviation industry.
