boarding pass is a document provided by airlines upon check-in, granting passengers permission to enter the restricted area at the airport and boarding a flight for a particular flight. At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, flight number, and the scheduled date and time for departure. In some cases, flyers can check in online and print their own boarding passes. Entrance tickets may be required for passengers entering the airport safe area.
Generally, passengers with electronic ticket only need boarding pass. If a passenger has a paper plane ticket, the ticket (or flight coupon) may have to be attached to the boarding pass for him to board the plane. For "advanced flights", up tickets are required for each new leg (differentiated by different flight numbers), regardless of whether a different plane rises or not.
Paper boarding passes (and tickets, if any), or parts thereof, are sometimes collected and counted for cross-checking of passenger numbers by gate agents, but more often scanned (via barcodes or magnetic stripes). The standard for bar codes and magnetic lines on boarding passes is published by IATA. Standard barcode (BCBP) defines a 2D bar code printed on boarding pass paper or sent to a mobile phone for electronic boarding pass. Standard magnetic strip (ATB2) ends in 2010.
Most airports and airlines have an automatic reader who will verify the validity of the boarding pass at the jetway door or departure gate. It also automatically updates airline databases showing passengers have been up and seats in use, and that checked baggage for passengers may remain on board. This speeds up the administration process at the gate, but requires passengers with paper tickets to check in, hand over tickets, and receive digital boarding passes.
Video Boarding pass
Code Bar
BCBP (bar code-bar boarding pass) is the standard name used by over 200 airlines. BCBP defines 2 Dimension (2D) bar codes printed on the boarding pass or sent to mobile phones for electronic boarding passes.
BCBP is part of the IATA Simplifying the Business program, which issues the industry mandate for all boarding passes for bar coded. This was achieved in 2010.
Airlines and third parties use barcode readers to read barcodes and retrieve data. Reading bar codes usually takes place in the boarding process, but can also occur when entering airport security checkpoints.
This standard was originally published in 2005 by IATA and was updated in 2008 to include a symbol for mobile phones and in 2009 to include fields for digital signatures in mobile bar codes. Future development standards will include near field communication formats.
Maps Boarding pass
Security worries
In recent years, concerns have been raised both on the security of boarding pass bar-codes, the data they contain, and the PNR (Passenger Name Record) data they link. Some airline barcodes may be scanned by mobile apps to reveal names, birth dates, destination sources and airports and PNR locator codes. This code is a 6-digit alphanumeric code also sometimes referred to as the booking reference number. This code plus traveler's family name can be used to enter airline websites and access information to travelers. [2] [3]
Paper boarding pass
Boarding passes of paper issued by agents at check-in counters, self-service kiosks, or via airline websites. BCBP can be printed at the airport with ATB printers (Auto Ticket & Boarding Pass) or direct thermal printer, or by a personal laser printer. The symbology for boarding pass paper is PDF417. The mandate of the IATA Board of Governors states that all IATA member airlines will be able to issue BCBP by the end of 2008, and all boarding passes will contain 2D bar codes by the end of 2010. BCBP standards published in 2005. These have been increasingly adopted by airlines: End 2005, 9 capable BCBP airlines; 32 at the end of 2006; 101 at the end of 2007; and 200 by the end of 2008 (source: IATA).
Pass mobile boarding
Electronic boarding passes are 'the next major technological innovation of the industry after e-ticketing'. According to SITA Airline IT Trend Survey 2009, BCBP mobile phones accounted for 2.1% usage (vs. paper boarding pass), forecasts up to 11.6% in 2012.
Overview
Many airlines have moved to issue electronic boarding cards, where passengers check either online or via mobile devices, and boarding passes are then sent to mobile devices as SMS or e-mail. After completing an online reservation, passengers can check the box offering mobile boarding pass. Most carriers offer two ways to get it: having one sent to a mobile device (via e-mail or text message) when checking online, or using airline apps for check-in, and admission will appear in the app.
The mobile pass comes with the same bar code as the standard boarding pass, and it's fully machine-readable. The gatekeeper simply scans the code displayed on the phone. The IATA BCBP standard defines three accepted symbologies for mobile phones: Aztec code, Datamatrix and QR codes. The United Nations International Telecommunications Union expects mobile phone subscribers to reach 4 billion by the end of 2008.
Flight using mobile SIM card
In 2007, Continental Airlines (now United) first began testing mobile boarding passes. Now, most major carriers offer mobile boarding passes at many airports. Airlines that issue electronic boarding passes include:
In Europe, Lufthansa was one of the first airlines to launch Mobile BCBP in April 2008. In the US, the Transportation Security Administration runs a pilot program of the Pass Boarding Mapping System, using the IATA BCBP standard.
- On October 15, 2008, TSA announced that the scanner will be deployed within one year and cellular BCBP scans will allow to track better waiting times. TSA continues to add a new pilot airport: Cleveland on October 23, 2008.
- On October 14, 2008, Alaska Airlines began driving a mobile boarding pass at Seattle Seatac Airport.
- On November 3, 2008, Air New Zealand launched mpass, a plane ticket received on mobile.
- On November 10, 2008, Qatar Airways launched their online check-in: passengers can have airfare delivered directly to their mobile phone.
- On November 13, 2008, American Airlines began offering mobile boarding passes at Chicago O'Hare airport.
- On December 18, 2008, Cathay Pacific launched its mobile-in service, including sending barcodes to mobile phones.
- On February 24, 2009, Austrian Airlines began offering paperless boarding passes to customers on selected routes.
- On April 16, 2009, SAS joined the mobile boarding pass bandwagon.
- On May 26, 2009, Air China offered its subscribers to receive a two-dimensional bar code e-board pass on their mobile phone, through which they can go through security procedures at each channel at Terminal 3 of Beijing Airport, allowing check-in service which is completely without documents.
- On October 1, 2009, Switzerland introduced mobile boarding passes to its customers.
- On November 12, 2009, Finnair explained that "The cellular boarding pass system cuts the carbon footprint of passengers by eliminating the need for passengers to print and track boarding pass paper".
- As of March 15, 2010, United began offering mobile boarding passes to customers equipped with smartphones.
- In July/August 2014, Ryanair became the latest airline to offer mobile air tickets to customers equipped with smartphones.
Benefits - Practical: Tourists do not always have access to a printer, so choosing a mobile boarding pass eliminates the hassle of stopping at a kiosk at the airport.
- Ecological: Publishing electronic boarding tickets is much more environmentally friendly than continuing to use paper for boarding passes.
Weakness
- Using a mobile SIM card is risky if someone's phone battery is off (displaying boarding passes inaccessible) or there is a problem reading the e-board passing.
- Using a mobile SIM card can also be a challenge when traveling with multiple people in a single reservation, as not all airline apps handle many mobile SIM cards. (However, some airlines, such as Alaska Airlines, do allow users to switch between several boarding passes in their app.)
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Print home boarding
Home printed pass boards are documents that can be printed by tourists at home, at their offices, or anywhere with an Internet connection and printer, giving them permission to board a flight for a particular flight.
British Airways CitiExpress, first pioneered this self-service initiative, tested it on its London City Airport route to minimize the queue at the check-in desk, in 1999. CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) approved the introduction of 3D boarding passes in February 2000. Early adoption with slow passengers, except for Business Traveler. However, the emergence of low cost airlines that are charged for not using home print tickets is a catalyst to divert consumers from traditional check-in functions at airports.
Many airlines encourage travelers to check-in online for up to one month before their flight and get their boarding pass before arriving at the airport. Some operators offer incentives to do so (eg, by 2015, US Airways offers 1,000 miles bonuses to anyone checking online,), while others charge for check-in or printing one's boarding pass at the airport.
Benefits
- Cost savings for airlines - Passengers who print their boarding passes reduce airline and airport staff, and infrastructure fees for check-in
Problems
- Passengers must remember to check in before their flight.
- Passengers must have access to the printer and provide their own paper and ink, so as not to be billed for printing boarding passes at the airport. Affordable access to printers equipped with paper and ink that can be used to print a person's boarding pass can be hard to find when traveling away from home, although some airlines have responded by allowing passengers to check in much earlier.
Online boarding pass ads
In an effort to increase additional revenue from other sources of in-flight advertising, many airlines have turned to targeted advertising technology aimed at passengers from their departure cities to their destinations.
Print-at-home boarding pass displays ads selected specifically for certain travelers based on anonymized passenger information, which does not contain personally identifiable data. Advertisers may target specific demographic information (age range, gender, nationality) and route information (origin and destination of flight). The same technology can also be used to serve ads on emails booking air ticket confirmations, travel emails, and pre-departure reminders.
Providers of home printed boarding pass ads
Ink is a leader in travel and technology media that provides over 20 targeted advertising options across print boarding passes at home to over 12 airline partners and their advertiser partners.
Advantages of home printed boarding pass ads
- The ability to use targeted advertising technology to target messages to demographics and relevant routes - providing travelers with potentially relevant and useful offers
- High involvement rates - research by the Global Passenger Survey has shown that on average, travelers see their boarding passes more than quadruple at 12 keytouch points on their way
- Revenues earned by airlines from advertising can help offset operating costs and reduce ticket price increases for passengers
Print-at-home boarding pass advertising concerns
- Some passengers find it annoying
- Ads use an additional quantity of ink for passengers when printing at home
See also
- Airfare
- Secondary Security Check option (SSSS rating)
References
Bibliography
- Qantas increases the check-in option for mobile devices
- Northwest Airlines offers E-Boarding Pass functionality for its passengers
- Vueling: Now You Can Use Your Phone as a Boarding Pass!
- Lufthansa offers mobile boarding passes worldwide
- Boarding Passes Bar - Safe, Mobile and On the way
- Qatar launches mobile boarding pass service
- Mobile Boarding Pass Innovation Depart with Qatar
- TSA Expands Pilot Papering Boarding Pass Program to Airports and Additional Airlines
- Mobile boarding pass coming to Barcelona Airport
- Spanair expands their mobile boarding pass service
External links
- The latest development of the paperless boarding pass technology
- International Air Transport Association (IATA)
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