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First airline contact-tracing initiative launched

Air
Rob Gill
4 December 2020

The airline industry’s first contact-tracing system is being set up by Delta for travellers arriving in the US.

Delta will ask passengers for five pieces of data as part of the contact-tracing initiative

Delta is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US to ensure that international customers are kept informed of potential Covid-19 exposure through contact tracing.

The airline, alongside its nine global airline partners, including Virgin Atlantic, is working closely with government agencies, health officials and aviation authorities to offer “safer journeys” to passengers.

Under the new contact-tracing system, Delta passengers will be required to provide their full name, email address, address in the US plus both a primary and secondary phone number.