Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes

Low-fare airline Jetstar is about to trial a mobile phone technology that issues boarding passes via SMS. In a bid to reduce check-in times and long queues, the SMS ''passes'' can be scanned electronically from the phone's screen at the departure gate.

The product analyses the alphanumeric codes included in the SMS and relates them to the airline's database where flight and passenger information is assembled.

... AirFrance and KLM rolled out electronic boarding passes earlier this year.

[via The Sydney Morning Herald]

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