AVIATION - Cellphone could speed demise of paper airline tickets

ajc.com, 17 October 2007

Airlines agree to standard for bar code text message
Major airlines have agreed on a standard that will allow travelers to check in using a bar code sent to their cellphones, the International Air Transport Association said at a meeting in Geneva.Passengers will register their cellphone number when buying a ticket and receive a bar code by text message, the group representing most commercial carriers said.Check-in staff will scan the bar code directly from cell phones, doing away with the need for a boarding pass.

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