Airlines await “vaccine passports” for resumption of international flights
Although “vaccine passports” are yet to become official, airlines are nonetheless preparing for the resumption of international flights based on their introduction.
Although “vaccine passports” are yet to become official, airlines are nonetheless preparing for the resumption of international flights based on their introduction (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Although “vaccine passports” are yet to becomeofficial, airlines are nonetheless preparing for the resumption ofinternational flights based on their introduction.
On March 25, a flight by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines fromTaipei, Taiwan (China), landed at Da Nang International Airport. It was arepatriation flight bringing Vietnamese citizens home, which they had to payfor, and was a step towards the reopening of international commercial flightsafter they were suspended due to COVID-19.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, more repatriationflights will be conducted in the future. Priority in regular commercial flightsbringing stranded citizens home will be given to six countries: China, theRepublic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Laos, and Cambodia.
These air routes received approval for the resumption of flights lastSeptember, but implementation was delayed due to complicated developments ofthe pandemic.
The gradual reopening is expected to assist the aviation sector but manyproblems remain, including the promulgation of “vaccine passports” and the locationand cost of quarantine centres.
Dang Anh Tuan, head of Vietnam Airlines’ Communications and BrandingDepartment, believes “vaccine passports” may be rolled out swiftly in thecountry, as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) sent a letter tothe Prime Minister on the issue, which the Government leader then passed on to relevantagencies to consider. The PM also instructed accelerating the process for “vaccinepassports” at several recent meetings.
As Thailand has recently announced it will reopen to tourism in June orJuly, Vietnam may lose out to other markets if it is too late to the game.
At present, more than 70 countries have joined IATA’s Travel Passinitiative. This contains personal information and data on COVID-19 at placesof departure and destination, linked with government health portals.
The initiative may be piloted in specific areas, such as central DaNang city, to assess its safety, Tuan said.
Along with legal regulations, technology, infrastructure, and personnelare other challenges facing the introduction of “vaccine passports”, accordingto analysts./.
Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong said at the regular Government press conference on March 31 that the Health Minister is still studying and working on scenarios for the use of “vaccine passport” in the future.
As COVID-19 cases have been on the decline around the world and vaccination programmes have been rolled out in many countries, agencies and businesses at home and abroad are hopeful that the introduction of “vaccine passports” will allow the resumption of international fights.
Many countries worldwide have now introduced “vaccine passports” - an electronic document proving a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19. In Vietnam, the measure is expected to give a boost to the tourism sector, which has been devastated by the pandemic.
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Although “vaccine passports” are yet to become official, airlines are nonetheless preparing for the resumption of international flights based on their introduction (Illustrative photo: VNA) 
