Etihad Airways has introduced mobile boarding passes for passengers using its mobile online check-in facility.
The service is only available from selected airports.
The mobile boarding pass will contain the same information as traditional passes including guest name and seat number, as well as a barcode which will be scanned by an electronic reader at the departure gate.
The Gulf carrier said the new facility offers “increased check-in options, reduces paper wastage and enables the storage of multiple boarding passes on one mobile device”.
The new feature is available for passengers travelling from Abu Dhabi, Heathrow, Manchester, Doha, Colombo, Dammam, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, Istanbul, Minsk, Munich, and Tokyo Narita.
Etihad said the number of airport’s equipped with the mobile boarding pass readers will steadily increase as the airline installs the new technology across its global network.
“Our aim is to simplify and streamline the departure and boarding experience,” said Etihad Airways’ CCO, Peter Baumgartner.
“The elimination of paper boarding passes will be more convenient for our guests and reduce our environmental footprint, which is good for the guest, the business and for the environment.”
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