Checking In Via Cell Phone

Using the cell phone, the passenger checks in and chooses a seat, which can also be done beforehand from home. Then the passenger only needs to stand in line at the security check. This eases the burden on check-in counters and results in huge time savings, particularly for travelers without luggage.

The “mobile passenger solution,” as it’s called, will eliminate the need for the boarding card with a magnetic strip. After providing his information, the passenger obtains the software for his Java-enabled cell phone through a one-time GPRS transfer. To start the check-in process, he uses a phone call to select the airline ticket stored on a server, chooses the desired seat and confirms with a click. Seconds later, he receives his flight data displayed as a bar code. These bar codes then serve as an electronic boarding ticket at the security check and the gate.