NFC Phone as Boarding Pass

Many airlines right now are allowing you print your boarding pass at home. Just bring the piece of paper printed from your home or hotel computer, head to airport, avoid the long line to check in. Many people like this kind of self-check in. It's convenient, fast and less stressful.

What happens if you are not at home, office or hotel and do not have access to printer? What happens you misplace the piece of paper somewhere. People usually forget anything, but rarely forget their phones. This is why airline comes out a new way to improve check in process and allow you to board with your mobile phone, of course by the help of NFC.

SITA Lab recently developed SIM-based concept to enable passenger just tap the mobile device to the scanner at the point of check in. According to SITA, this approach is supported by 45 mobile operators which cover more than 60% of the mobile phone market.