Timatic

Timatic (Travel Information Manual Automatic) is a database containing documentation requirements for passengers traveling internationally via air, e.g. passport and visa requirements.

Timatic, an abbreviation for Travel Information Manual Automatic, is used by airlines and their representatives (check-in agents, managers, etc.

This is critical for airlines due to the fines levied by immigration authorities every time a passenger is carried who does not have the correct travel documentation,[1] as well as the airline's costs to return the incorrectly-boarded passenger to the original airport from which the passenger departed.

Over 500 million travellers have their documentation requirements checked against the Timatic database every year.

[citation needed] It is available in a number of forms, including: IATA has announced the Travel Pass application as an extension of Timatic that can manage COVID-19 test results, proof of vaccination and national entry rules.