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Air Canada OKs BlackBerry boarding passes
Not only BlackBerrys, but PDAs, Treos, and standard mobile phones which can display a 2D barcode will now be able to have their Air Canada boarding passes on their handhelds.
Air Canada said the mobile-check in service, which is available at www.mobile.aircanada.com, has been improved to enable customers to receive an electronic boarding pass in SMS form, which can be shown to airport security screen staff and Air Canada gate agents, rather than a paper board pass. … According to the airline, the mobile boarding pass uses recent, secure mobile and 2-D barcode technologies to help simplify the travel experience for its customers. The customer enters information such as their name, departure city and their Aeroplan number, booking reference or credit card number and then enters their mobile number to receive the pass if their device supports 2-D barcode technology.
Posted by Simon Sage in Announcements, News
Comments [7 Responses]
September 25th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
[...] by Rob Gorrie under Advertising , Digital Signage , Mobile Interesting little post from BlackBerryCool last week promoting Air Canada’s new mobile/SMS 2D BARCODE boarding [...]
October 9th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
[...] Simon Sage wrote a fantastic post today on “Air Canada OKs BlackBerry boarding passes”Here’s ONLY a quick extract… staff and Air Canada gate agents, rather than a paper board pass. … According to the airline, the mobile boarding pass uses recent, secure mobile and 2-D barcode technologies to help simplify the travel experience for its customers. … [...]
December 7th, 2007 at 8:55 am
[...] only will BlackBerrys be helping you to get on the plane in the first place, but soon they’ll give you something do once you’re in the air, too. Jetblue will be [...]
January 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
[...] their software, you can now take pictures of particular barcodes similar to those being worked into airports with your Pearl or Curve to access related content like music, pictures and information. [...]
January 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Based off the award winning Lavasphere technology developed in Germany by Gavitec, the NeoReader features NeoMedia’s patented resolution technology combined with Gavitec’s ultra-small footprint and platform independent algorithms. It is able to read and decipher all common non-proprietary 2D codes (Data Matrix, QR, Aztec, Maxi) as well as URL embedded 2D codes and all 1D UPC/EAN/Code 128 open source codes. The NeoReader supports direct and indirect code linking, which guarantees maximum interoperability with already existing platforms like 2D Data Matrix Semacodes, and Japanese QR links. This allows the user to click on a variety of codes with a single application installed on their mobile device.
The NeoReader ushers in and inaugurates a brand new era of innovative mobile enterprise and optical code reading solutions for the wireless industry. Visit get.neoreader.com to download the free application, and instantly transform your mobile phone into a universal code reader.
July 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Does anyone know name of the company enabling the digital boarding passes for Air Canada?
