EasyJet attempts to kill off the airport queue with handheld devices
24 August 2009EasyJet hopes to introduce mobile check-in using handheld devices to reduce queueing at airports.
The budget carrier wants to replace check-in desks with devices that process passenger details and print boarding passes. Queueing at departure gates could also be eliminated, with mobile scanning of boarding passes.
Ryanair, easyJet’s great rival, is pressing ahead with plans to remove all its check-in desks in October and require passengers to check-in online instead. Passengers who do not check in online will face a heavy charge to do so at the airport.
source: Times Online
