Delta Air Lines domestic passengers departing out of New York’s La Guardia airport may use a paperless check-in system that would have them download a boarding pass with a bar code to their phone or device that would be scanned by TSA at security checkpoints and upon boarding the plane. <\/p>\n
US carrier Continental launched a similar system in November 2007 at four US airports including Newark. Northwest debuted its paperless boarding system in May out of the Indianapolis airport in Indiana.<\/p>\n
"Passengers can now quickly check in for their flight while en route to the airport in a taxi or walking from the parking lot to the terminal," Delta executive vice president of operations Steve Gorman said in a statement.<\/p>\n
"The check-in process now can take place from anywhere, any time within 24 hours of flight departure."<\/p>\n
In Europe, Air France and KLM have proposed the service for flights between Paris and Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
The on-the-fly service is the latest innovation introduced by TSA to accelerate security procedures at America’s airports.<\/p>\n
Since February, 21 airports including New York’s JFK and La Guardia have proposed color-coded check-in for "families" (green), "normal" (blue) and "expert" (black) — the "experts" being those who need the least time to remove their shoes and belts to go through security.<\/p>\n
In 2005, the government partnered with private enterprise to launch a pay program which allows faster trips through security checkpoints.<\/p>\n
The CLEAR card, for example, contains a traveler’s personal information including fingerprints and an image of the iris.<\/p>\n
Available at 18 American airports at a cost of 128 dollars each and validated by US authorities, the card guarantees a five-minute trip through security.<\/p>\n
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