The Airline Passenger Experience Association has announced the first certified airlines for its APEX Health Safety initiative powered by SimpliFlying.


The Airline Passenger Experience Association has announced the first certified airlines for its APEX Health Safety initiative powered by SimpliFlying.

Riga Airport has introduced a mobile, contactless COVID-19 testing point to make it more convenient for passengers and employees to access tests.

Air New Zealand operated its first quarantine-free flight from Auckland to Brisbane on 7 January with passengers not required to quarantine on arrival.

Swissport subsidiary Checkport Schweiz and Ender Diagnostics have opened a PCR testing centre at Zurich Airport with results available within five hours.

The new partnership will provide frequent flyers with biometric identity verification at a number of airports, creating a more touchless travel experience.

The IATA Travel Pass, scheduled for release in Q1 2021, is being developed with data security, convenience and verification as top priorities, says IATA.Â
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Orlando International Airport is taking part in a pilot programme to test a crowd monitoring system, which can measure the number of people at gate areas.

American Airlines, British Airways and oneworld are trialling COVID-19 testing on flights from the U.S. to UK to demonstrate how testing can reopen travel.

The inaugural travel bubble flights will launch on 22 November, with Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific operating alternate flights between the two cities.

The pioneering ideas from the top three winning teams will be shared in the OnDemand Speaker Zone at FTE APEX Virtual Expo.

The inaugural travel bubble flights will launch on 22 November, with Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific operating alternate flights between the two cities.

The pioneering ideas from the top three winning teams will be shared in the OnDemand Speaker Zone at FTE APEX Virtual Expo.

American has partnered with LetsGetChecked to provide convenient at-home testing for passengers travelling to Belize, Grenada, St. Lucia and Hawaii.

Lufthansa Group’s Björn Becker shares lessons learned from setting up the world’s first, and largest, commercial COVID-19 test centre in Frankfurt Airport.

As part of a trial, passengers travelling from Vienna to Berlin can take a rapid COVID-19 test prior to departure with results available within 15 minutes.

United Airlines has launched the word’s first free transatlantic COVID-19 testing pilot programme for customers on select flights from New York to London.

The COVID-19 testing facilities, located in Terminals 2 and 5, will initially be available for passengers travelling to Hong Kong and Italy.

The two associations have called for a systematic approach to COVID-19 testing to give governments the confidence to reopen borders without quarantine.
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