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Airline gets first NFC boarding
News As part of a pilot that will run until the end of October this year, frequent flyers travelling from Nice to Paris with the airline will be able to pick up their boarding pass by swiping an NFC-enabled... [20 Apr 2009]
Virgin IT whisks travellers to departure in six mins
News The system then automatically books a limo pick-up on an outside company's system, notifies the passenger of the pick-up time, receives GPS updates on the limo's progress to the airport, prints off the boarding... [19 Dec 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo It's a backbreaking, dirty and often dangerous job to look under every truck and with 10,000 of these vehicles each week boarding ferries, it is physically impossible UK Border Agency staff to personally check them all. [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo The desk includes a phone connected to the terminal's high capacity IP network and a barcode scanner to register boarding passes. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when they... [12 Feb 2008]
Photos: St Pancras steams ahead with new tech
Photo The machines work in much the same way as those operated by airlines, with a reference code requested to confirm the booking before boarding tickets are issued. Once passengers have their ticket, they... [19 Nov 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News Editor's blog silicon.com editor, Tony Hallett, makes some observations about modern air travel and says you can tear up that boarding pass… Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric... [09 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tear up that boarding pass...
Comment I passed him a boarding pass that I had printed up only moments earlier at a self-service kiosk, which all went swimmingly, too - the airlines are getting there. So isn't it funny that on Saturday... [08 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment It had regular economy check-in (a nightmare of a snaking queue), online check-in (for those who checked in over the web and were arriving for 'bag drop') and DIY check-in, whereby passengers use a kiosk to get checked in, print up a... [28 Jun 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo A fingerprint scanner on the kiosk verifies the person against the details on the card and then issues a boarding pass. For those without a card the miSense kiosk scans and records the passenger's... [06 Dec 2006]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News The basic security screening requires the passenger to scan their passport and right index finger at a self-service check-in kiosk before getting a boarding card. The passenger's fingerprint is then checked again at... [06 Dec 2006]
Fake airline boarding pass website shut down
News Soghoian's "Northwest Airlines Boarding Pass Generator" enables people to create boarding passes that appeared virtually identical to the ones printed from the Northwest Airlines... [31 Oct 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations
Comment I was later picked out at random for a full shakedown at the boarding gate where security staff emptied my computer bag and pockets. Each time I pass the pile of confiscated cosmetics and bottles... [25 Sep 2006]
BA CIO: 'Terminal 5 tech will revolutionise air travel'
News We've simplified our fares, we enabled you to upgrade, we enabled you to book a seat and one of the things that's really going great guns at the moment is print your own boarding pass at home and do... [21 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Travel pains
Comment After 15 frustrating minutes at the self-service kiosk, I then had to queue for regular check-in, ask the clerk to cancel my boarding pass and reissue passes for adjacent seating. Written whilst not... [24 Apr 2006]
British Airways moves towards online check-in
News Passengers who check-in on ba.com will be able to print their boarding pass from their home or office printer up to 24 hours before their flight, which BA says will allow them to proceed immediately to... [21 Mar 2006]
