United Airlines to offer flight details via mobile phones

By Pia Heikkila, 19 April 2000 08:00

NEWS UK customers of United Airlines can now gain access to flight information, such as arrival and departure and times, gate details and notification of any possible delays, via their mobile phones. The US carrier is developing the mobile flight information service with Geoworks Corporation's Mobile ASP, which will allow the airline to send its passengers up-to-the-minute travel information using the SMS (Short Message Service) format The service can be enhanced or changed when necessary. The ASP solution is based on Premium Server+ information server technology which is compliant with various mobile communication devices, including SMS and WAP, personal digital assistants and pagers.

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