The bar code that appears on the passenger's mobile phone can check that it is recorded on the flight. Arriving at the gate, it presents one last time before departure. Scratch paper, this is the objective of global air transport has generalized the electronic ticket. A new stage is being tested by Air France-KLM on the Amsterdam-Paris flight the embarkation card associated with the ticket is on the screen passenger's mobile phone.
Explanations.
First register online, 30 hours minimum before takeoff. Fini document printed on a rectangular board with its detachable coupon. Useful information such as time and flight number, gate, the seat selected are now displayed on the mobile phone, sesame new passenger. To qualify for this service which ensures, among others, to seek boarding pass at the bottom of his pocket or her handbag must register online at the Internet address mobile.airfrance.com. It is possible until 30 hours before liftoff.
The passenger then receives the information conventional boarding pass on his phone and a tag is assigned. This secure barcode will be unambiguously identified. Needless to have the newest smartphones, it is compatible with the vast majority of phones, those capable of receiving an SMS, MMS or an e-mail.
At the airport, while the circuit takes place then phone in his hand. If the passenger wants to record baggage, he deposited at the specialist and this screen to the employee who scans with his "shower". During the transition to post screening (or control of borders when it becomes international telephone ticket), the clerk checks on the screen that the passenger is stored on a flight. The same can be applied for purchases in a shop or to access an airport lounge. At the gate, the phone, read by the optical scanner as other cards must be presented to a security officer with an identity document. Finally, in the plane, the crew retrieves information from the screen to guide the passenger to his seat.
In case of failure of telephone ... emergency procedures are provided in case of theft, loss, failure of the phone or battery insufficiently charged. The passenger found himself in the position of a passenger with an electronic ticket classic. If he knows the number, it issues a boarding pass paper from a self-service terminal. Otherwise, it comes with an identity document at a recording. The file will immediately be found in the computer system of the company and the boarding pass issued. Note also that it has the same tag, printed here, as that displayed on the phone. A similar process is used by TGV tickets that you print yourself.
The telephone ticket could extend to the shuttle. Experienced between Paris-Roissy-CDG and Amsterdam-Schiphol the "laboratory" Air France-KLM which has already been tested RFID chip to recognize the lost luggage, the telephone ticket is required to expand to other destinations network. Shuttle, Orly-Bordeaux, Toulouse, Marseille or Nice, seems perfectly suited to this technology that speeds the flow at the airport. However, the application for flights outside Schengen area and other connections will require more time for authorities concerned to coordinate, and information systems become compatible.
