British Airways (BA) could be the first UK airline to allow p
assengers to check in and board flights using a barcode (2d code) transmitted as a text message to a mobile phone.They are looking at sending a barcode to a passenger’s mobile phone using SMS, as well as enabling passengers to log into ba.com via a mobile and then have the barcode sent direct from the web site.
BA is not the only airline interested in the potential of mobile ticketing – carriers in Japan, China and Sweden are already running trials of the technology, but a clear business case has yet to be established.
The technology is not quite there yet," said an Iata spokesman. "We need a global standard for barcodes on mobile phones to be developed, as well as standardised scanners and infrastructure at all airports," he said.
2 comments:
Hi,
How is it possible to send a 2D-Barcode as SMS??? Isn`t a 2D-Barcode some kind of picture and needs to be send as MMS?
Greetings
Marvin
http://mobile-tagging.blogspot.com
This is not new at all. ANA offer this possibility in Japan since 2005, I've used it a couple of times at Narita Airport. Japanese mobile phone users can receive a QR code on their phone and check in by having their phone's screen scanned at the airport; foreigners can receive the same code by email, print it out and then have it scanned
Rgds,
Jos. Birken
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