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Mongolian Airlines operates first all digital health pass charter flight
Mongolian Airlines says it has flown the first ever charter flight which all passengers and air crew members used a digital health pass to verify their Covid-19 negative status.
The flight, chartered by Rio Tinto, carried employees destined for the Oyu Tolgoi site, one of the largest known copper and gold deposits in the world.
AOKpass, integrated into International SOS’ safe return to work solution, Work Pass, was used to authenticate the employees’ Covid-19 negative PCR results on departure from Johannesburg Airport in South Africa, and arrival at Ulaanbaatar Airport (ULN), in Mongolia.
All the employees took a PCR test 24 hours before the flight, which followed a previous test nine days prior to the flight. They also underwent an International SOS ‘Fit for Travel Assessment’, via survey forms through the Work Pass app.
The International SOS Work Pass full integration with AOKpass provided the employees with a unique AOKpass QR code linking to their digital health certificate.
Darren Toh, CEO at AOKPass said: "This is a great step in getting back to travel and back to work safely in a sustainable way. It is another milestone in the operational advancement of AOKpass."
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