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Delta Air Lines rolls out cellphone boarding pass at LaGuardia

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By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 at 2:32 PM

As the mobile space continues to pervade every aspect of our lives, we’re going to inevitably see more integration of mobile phones with everyday services. The latest such Cellphone boarding passmobile-integration comes from Delta Air Lines.

Delta has announced that domestic air-travelers flying departing from New York’s LaGuardia airport may choose to use their cellphones in place of traditional paper boarding-passes. Passengers can download the digital boarding-pass to their mobile phone directly from Delta’s website. These cellphone boarding passes allow travelers to by-pass the ticket counter and proceed directly to the gate, where Delta employees can scan the cellphone-turned-boarding-pass and check passenger identification.

“Passengers can now quickly check in for their flight while en route to the airport or in a taxi or walking from the parking lot to the terminal,” said Steve Gorman, Delta’s EVP of operations. “The check-in process now can take place from anywhere, any time within 24 hours of departure.”

Continental Airlines launched their own digital boarding-pass program at four US airports earlier this year, as did Northwest, and with Delta on board to allow passengers to use their cellphones as boarding-passes it’s clear that the mobile revolution is gaining steam with the airline industry. And, we’re sure cash-strapped airlines are happy to cut costs by reducing their paper usage.

[Via: RCRNews]

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • James

    Air Canada released this service months ago in all major Canadian cities. The US carriers are behind internationally

  • KDawg

    Well James, there’s one thing that Canada is ahead of the US on. I guess that’s the only thing though.