Airlines May Offer Check-In By Cell Phone
Long airport check-in lines could be a thing of the past when a service being made available next year lets travelers check in for flights by using their cell phones.
Source: PCWorldAir industry organization SITA and Siemens Business Services announced that they will team to offer air travelers check-in services that would let people use their cell phones to select seats, pick up their boarding pass, and check in with their airline--without being at the airport. The SITA Mobile Check-in services are expected to become commercially available by mid-2005, says Jeff Plumley, senior marketing manager for SITA Information Networking Computing (INC) in North America.
"We are in discussions now with many American-based airlines to get the service through beta tests," Plumley says. So far, Latin American airline TAM has signed on to offer the service to its customers.
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