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Mobile Barcodes Could Be Used for Airline Boarding Passes

Oct 16, 2007, 10:32 AM by (staff)

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently agreed on a global mobile barcode standard. This new standard could allow people to use mobile phones to check in for flights and use them as boarding passes instead of the traditional paper boarding passes that are issued at check-in counters. The barcode would be sent to a traveler's phone when they book the ticket. The standard uses existing barcodes that are common across the US, Europe and Japan. The IATA hopes to have the barcoding system in place by the end of 2010.

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beeferjay

Oct 16, 2007, 11:36 AM

NEW WORLD ORDER

yea

lets all get barcodes on our foreheads and right hand

vzwcripplesphones

I am in line and wating already! 😛

iusethechirp

whats that a picture of...

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chainmail311

Oct 16, 2007, 8:07 PM

well well well....

ATA. The same airline that commanded a guy to turn off his iPhone, although it was in flight mode.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/travel/ata-tries-to- ... »

Pg2k3

The "IATA" (The global regulators of air transportation) is that the same as "ATA" just be clear. That was an interesting story though. Read it at work in my idle time on the phones. (I work in tech support)

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