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Dale Keller: ‘Ultimately, we want the PLF to work as a full online pre-authorisation of the passenger’


PLFs expected to remain intrinsic ID for travellers


Keller tips form’s inclusion of EU certificate to ease e-gate process. By Ian Taylor


The passenger locator form (PLF) required for international travel will remain indefinitely and form part of a traveller’s digital ID. But pre-departure tests for those


vaccinated should be progressively removed by destinations, according to Dale Keller, chief executive of the UK Board of Airline Representatives. Keller has worked alongside other


aviation bodies on implementing government controls throughout the pandemic. Speaking at the Latin American Travel Association Expo, Keller


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forecast “huge development of the PLF”, saying: “The PLF has been really problematic. But fully-vaccinated UK passengers can now upload their vaccination certificate and their status is verified, which means the carrier doesn’t have to do a manual check. “That technology is certain to be


extended to the EU Digital Covid Certificate [and] will really start to get the borders moving because it automates the process and recognises the PLF at the e-gate. “Ultimately, we want the PLF to


work as a full online pre-authorisation


of the passenger, to give the airline a ‘board or don’t board’ message. Once we get to that, we can have the border moving much more effectively.” Keller argued: “A lot of the really


awkward [entry] regimes globally were because governments didn’t know how to manage their borders, didn’t know how to manage passenger volumes. It was easier to close the border than to bring in the technology to run it. “We’re finally getting past that,


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