IATA will start testing "health passports" from COVID-19 on the blockchain – Bits Media

International Association of Air Transport (IATA) will release passports on a blockchain with information about human health, Testing on Covid-19 and vaccination status.

According to the International Association of Air Transport, Introduction of passports on blockchain can reopen an international message and weaken current global quarantine restrictions. "Medical" passport will be stored in the user's smartphone in the application, And the first real testing is planned to be carried out in February.

Iata Travel Pass will provide travelers with full control over their data. The application will also act as a two -way tool, which transfers information to the relevant regulators, vaccination centers and airlines. At the moment, four large airlines joined the program. Singapore Airlines and British Airways plan to start the first stage of testing in February, While Etihad and Emirates will become participants in testing in April.

Alan Murray Hayden (Alan Murray Hayden), Airport Products Head, passengers and safety IATA, praised the use in the “powerful” blockchain circuit. He added, that today is one of the few implementations of technology, which has a clear positive effect:

“This is the charm of technology, which we use. She gives the passenger full control over her data. There is no central database, And no one can hack her. The passenger owns his data and shares it with the airline. Probably, This is one of the first examples of the introduction of blockchain, when he benefits people on this scale ".

Travel Pass will include four main interactive components: Digital passport module, LAB app, which allows you to safely send data through testing laboratories and the application itself, The global register of vaccination centers and the global register of relevant medical requirements, presented by international travelers.

The first digital passports will be able to use the passengers of the Etihad airline flying from Abu Dhabi in the first quarter 2021 of the year.

Recall, that in May last year three European companies united
To develop a system on the blockchain "Health Passport Covid-19", which will help governments to track the presence of immunity to the virus in the population.