From April 22, 2021, SWISS will be the first airline in the Lufthansa Group to test the IATA Travel Pass app on the Zurich - London Heathrow route. The AUA sister has been testing other relevant concepts since mid-March.

This is an important step in making traveling easy and reliable again during the corona pandemic, said the Swiss carrier in a press release. Use is voluntary for customers during the test phase; passengers are informed of the corresponding offer in good time before they start their journey. 

“We support all efforts to make traveling easy and reliable again during the corona pandemic. Digital health cards such as the IATA Travel Pass make a valuable contribution to reconciling health protection and freedom of travel in order to increase the ability to plan for our customers and to regain confidence in travel, ”says Swiss boss Dieter Vranckx.

Swiss is testing and examining other offers

Covid19 test results can be accessed directly via the digital passport. Passengers can thus prove to airlines and authorities that they meet the entry requirements without having to disclose personal health information. But not only the application of the umbrella organization is put through its paces. 

In addition to the IATA Travel Pass, the use of other digitized solutions such as the EU Green Pass and the CommonPass will also be examined carefully. In addition to these options, passengers on the Newark (USA) - Zurich routes and, since the beginning of April, from Zurich to Spain and Portugal have been able to test their test certificates up to 12 hours before departure on a trial basis swiss.com upload. These are then checked so that customers know whether they meet the requirements of the relevant authority before they leave