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Check-In ‘09 Heralded as a Great Success
Over 250 delegates from all over the world attended Check-In ‘09 to learn about the latest advances in passenger and baggage processing.
Access IS promotes face-up bar code scanning
Whether your ticket is read face-up or face-down by the scanner can have a significant impact on how long passengers are kept waiting. There have been successful trials to present them on mobile phones and personal digital organisers (PDAs) - a trend that may grow. This variety of media makes accurate, first-pass scanning harder and trials have shown that reading a document face-up achieves faster boarding than placing a document face-down.
Innovative airport solutions
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems has announced the launch of its latest operational solution. UltraConnect is the company’s new global aviation messaging solution, which is able to provide reliable routing of all airline message types with particular focus at this stage on IATA RP17545 BSMs (Baggage Service Messages). The solution is already in use at one UK airport and is routing BSMs from some major carriers.
Streamlining airline handling operations
All Nippon Airways has chosen Damarel to supply the latest version of its full DCS back up system. The solution provide a real-time transfer of passenger and flight information between an airline’s own DCS and Damarel’s Local DCS, ensuring the best possible continuation of service and on-time performance.
Check-In: The Magazine
We are delighted to bring you Check-In: The Online Magazine - an extension and complementary publication to the existing and hugely successful Check-In events.
Currently, airports, airlines, handlers, hotels and cruise operators are exploring methods of how new check-in practices can lower operational costs, save floor space and enhance facilitation, as well as processes, but there is much debate over which systems and strategies warrant investment. Check-In: The Online Magazine aims to bring you the latest case studies, reports and news to help travel industry stakeholders make the best possible business decisions regarding the evolution of their check-in practices, focusing on emerging processes such as Common Use Self Service (CUSS) and Common Use Passenger Processing Systems (CUPPS), common bag-drops, and biometric check-in.









