ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Airlines has announced partnership with the African Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the implementation of the African Union Trusted Travel Pass to make continental travel easier and safer amidst the Covid -19 pandemic.
The Trusted Travel pass program will ensure country regulations regarding Covid-19 travel requirements are met with minimal room for error and hassle to the travelling public.
The Ethiopian Airlines‘ customers will now enjoy a hassle-free travel experience with their travel pass helping them verify whether their medical information meets various Covid-19 regulations of their destination.
The travel pass solution will help to validate test and vaccination certificates and verify that they are sufficient for their route and share testing or vaccination certificates with airlines and authorities to facilitate travel.
The solution also aims to avoid fraudulent documentation and make air travel more convenient.
“As a safety first airline, we are striving to make travel safe and seamless especially with regard to the implementation of Covid-19 prevention strategies”
Getinet Tadesse – Chief Information Officer, Ethiopian Airlines
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the AU, has mobilized a broad multi-stakeholder public private partnership with the help of its strategic partners, with the objective of addressing current challenges in accessing accurate health information, high costs and inconvenience in cross border travel, and poor data for health policy and biosecurity planning.
“As a safety first airline, we are striving to make travel safe and seamless especially with regard to the implementation of Covid-19 prevention strategies,” Getinet Tadesse, the chief information officer at Ethiopian Airlines said.
John Nkengasong, the director of the Africa CDC, stressed the crucial importance of such partnerships in the present context.
“The scale of the challenge presented by Covid-19 demands an unprecedented level of both innovation and cooperation, which is why Ethiopian’s laudable decision to come on board Trusted Travel marks a watershed in the continent’s ongoing fightback against this pandemic’s quest to suppress the Africa’s development ambitions,” an Ethiopian Airlines statement quoted Nkengasong.
