MOBILE PHONE CHECK IN INTRODUCED BY JAPANESE AIRLINE
October 1st, 2007
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) says it has made checking in and boarding faster with the introduction of its innovative 'SKiP' (NOTE - CORRECT SPELLING) service. At 50 airports across Japan, ANA customers can bypass physical check-in procedures by touching an ANA credit card, mileage card or adapted IC-enabled mobile phone to readers at the security check and the boarding gate.
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ALL Nippon Airways (ANA) says it has made checking in and boarding faster with the introduction of its innovative 'SKiP' (NOTE - CORRECT SPELLING) service. At 50 airports across Japan, ANA customers can bypass physical check-in procedures by touching an ANA credit card, mileage card or adapted IC-enabled mobile phone to readers at the security check and the boarding gate.
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