SITA launches health check system
- Health & Leisure
- Monday, 08 February 2021
Aviation industry IT firm SITA has launched Health Protect to assist airlines, airports, governments and passengers to share information on health tests or vaccinations needed during travel.
Successful trials have already been undertaken with travellers to the United Arab Emirates, and soon are to start at Milan Malpensa Airport. As governments globally seek a way to resume safe and secure travel in the wake of Covid-19, the ability for passengers to share vital health information such as PCR test results or vaccination history with authorities is increasingly important.
Health Protect allows airlines and passengers to submit these required documents in line with specific government requirements.
Passengers without the required documentation, or considered high risk, will be unable to check in for their flight. By facilitating the inclusion of health pass schemes into existing, proven and trusted passenger processing systems, Health
Protect minimises the operational and technical impact on carriers and ports.
At the airport, Health Protect also integrates with the existing airport passenger processing systems to verify the health status of the passenger at each point in the process using SITA Flex touchless passenger flow monitoring technology.