I’m all in favour of new technology and definitely anything that makes checking in at airports quicker and easier, so I was really interested to read the following article. It appears that plans are afoot for passengers to be able to use their mobile phones as boarding passes as the aviation industry moves to a paperless future. Sounds pretty great to me, particularly as it will also save a few trees along the way!

“Millions of passengers are already downloading boarding passes from the internet before travelling to airports. The passes contain a barcode, similar to those used at supermarket checkouts.

Now the technology is in place to send the same barcode to a mobile phone, so passengers can simply place their handsets under scanners at security and departure gates then walk straight on to the plane if they have no luggage. Those with suitcases would leave them at the baggage drop and be issued with reclaim tags before moving on to the departure lounge”

Both BAA, which runs Britains major airports, and British Airways are following developments.

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