An article from the Skift travel site, reporting about the problems airlines face concerning this.
From the article :
“There are so many passports at the moment,” said Mark Cuschieri, European advisory board chair at the Global Business Travel Association. “There’s huge disparities around governments and airlines at the moment, doing their own thing. That creates problems. Unfortunately, a one size fits all just isn’t there, and that’s a short to medium-term reality.”
Cuschieri, himself a global head of travel at an investment bank, said his peers discuss how they want to bring back travel in a safe manner, and the only solution is a single end-to-end solution for the traveler.
“This is not attacking any airline, or company, setting (passports) up — they’re doing it for the right reasons. The concerns are because there it creates confusion. Which app do I need if I’m going on a certain airline, or going to a certain market, and does that government accept that verification process as well? That’s the challenge we’re hearing.”
From the article :
“There are so many passports at the moment,” said Mark Cuschieri, European advisory board chair at the Global Business Travel Association. “There’s huge disparities around governments and airlines at the moment, doing their own thing. That creates problems. Unfortunately, a one size fits all just isn’t there, and that’s a short to medium-term reality.”
Cuschieri, himself a global head of travel at an investment bank, said his peers discuss how they want to bring back travel in a safe manner, and the only solution is a single end-to-end solution for the traveler.
“This is not attacking any airline, or company, setting (passports) up — they’re doing it for the right reasons. The concerns are because there it creates confusion. Which app do I need if I’m going on a certain airline, or going to a certain market, and does that government accept that verification process as well? That’s the challenge we’re hearing.”