THE AirAsia Philippines said it would introduce a digital application or platform where passengers could easily upload travel requirements.
AirAsia spokesman Steve Dailisan said the app will be like a one-stop shop, where passengers could upload a copy of their vaccination card and RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test result.
He said having the platform would enable the airline to check the veracity of the documents and simplifies the check-in process upon arrival at the airport.
Dailisan said AirAsia plans to roll this out soon. He added that a non-disclosure agreement with the Department of Information and Communications Technology is in the works.” The idea behind this is similar to the vaccine passport,” he said. “With regard to checking the RT-PCR tests' authenticity, AirAsia has several partner laboratories. This will help them to double-check the passenger's records.”
Dailisan said that in a recent survey involving 1,600 AirAsia passengers outbound from Manila, about 78.5% believe that a vaccination card would suffice as a substitute to other requirements such as RT-PCR or antigen tests results. Some 91.4% of the respondents also believe that having a fully vaccinated crew adds confidence in their flight, while 8.6% of them are more concerned about the vaccination status of their fellow passengers in the flight.
The respondents were composed of travelers bound for Bohol, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and Cebu, according to Dailisan.
AirAsia Philippines Chief Executive Officer Ricky Isla also said that 70% of their local employees are already fully vaccinated. “In partnership with the local governments, some 1,054 of 1,509 Filipino Allstars are fully vaccinated. That includes those at the check-in counters, ground staff, cabin crew and pilots,” Isla said. (Maria Cristina Arayata)
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