Passport to safety
Am I the only one who thinks this is a strange idea (Mobile phone boarding passes are ready to fly), especially as there is not a good relationship between mobile phones and aviation?
I wonder why the travel industry doesn't use passports instead of tickets. When booking they could ask for the number on the barcode of your passport, for which there is already an international standard.
For the other details, regarding terminals, departure time and so on, you can print that yourself, or even receive it via SMS if required.
Joel Mansford
The only not so good relationship between aviation and mobile phones is that they can not be used in the plane yet.
The idea with the passport is a good one, as well as it is used today with the etix, where the passenger can go to a kiosk and use the credit card of the booking to identify himself.
With the mobile phone it is not static anymore, the passenger can check in with the mobile phone. Business travellers especially only need the mobile device to handle the full process, from where ever they are, booking, payment, check in e.g.
There is no more waiting at the counter or at the kiosk, when you do not have baggage to check in.
Furthermore the passenger can receive with the same SMS the ticket in form of a unique 2d code, the gate information, eventually information about delays or gate changes.
The mobile handset can be used for a two sided communication in real time, what can make live again more easy and convenient.
Posted by: Marc | Friday, 26 October 2007 at 09:13 AM