Airlines Embrace 2D Barcodes For Electronic Boarding Passes
March 18th, 2008 by Mia Northrop
Continental has started testing electronic passes as an alternative to paper boarding passe. Travelers simply display a 2D barcode on their mobile device as they go through security and board a plane. Essentially the barcode represents the same details printed on a traditional boarding pass, however it is encrypted and therefore, according to the TSA, could offer a greater degree of security. Travelers still show photo identification as part of the security screening process. The International Air Transport Association has issued 2D barcode guidelines to carriers and expects members to use them exclusively by 2010.
Via The New York Times
2 Responses to “Airlines Embrace 2D Barcodes For Electronic Boarding Passes”
Gavitec, a NeoMedia Technologies company, and the leading provider of mobile ticketing and marketing solutions, partnered with Spanair to launch a new mobile boarding pass service.
The state of the art technology was tested at two Spanish airports - Madrid and Bilbao - and has been extended to Barcelona due to it\’s overwhelming success.
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Pablo Sánchez, Director of E-Commerce at Spanair, stated that, \
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