American Airlines this month will expand the availability of a mobile health passport app to cover all international travel, the carrier announced.
For the past several months, American has made the VeriFly app, which lets travelers digitally store such health documentation as negative Covid-19 tests for quicker airport processing, available for travelers to select destinations. As of Jan. 23, the app will be available for travel from all destinations, in advance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's newly announced policy of requiring negative tests from all passengers on inbound international flights.
"We support the implementation of a global program to require Covid-19 testing for travelers to the United States, and we want to do everything we can to make travel a seamless experience for customers," American Airlines VP of customer experience Julie Rath said in a statement.
Destinations for which American so far has been using VeriFly include Jamaica, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Thousands of travelers have used the app so far, and Rath said feedback has been positive.