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Virgin America eliminates Flash from its new website
Virgin America is ready with its new website, replacing the use of Adobe’s technology with similar HTML-based capabilities.
Published: 05 Mar 2010
Virgin America is ready with its new website, replacing the use of Adobe’s technology with similar HTML-based capabilities.
The airline plans a big push into mobile this year and wants to be sure iPhone users can access the Virgin America site and check-in process via the iPhone.
In a comment to the The Register, Virgin America CIO Ravi Simhambhatla specifically pointed to the iPhone, saying, “I don’t want to cater to one hardware or one software platform one way to another, and Flash eliminates iPhone users.”
Simhambhatla further said that by the end of the year, Virgin hoped to be able to allow passengers at some airports to check in using electronic boarding passes displayed on their smartphones. The only thing holding this up is approval by the Transportation Security Administration that runs security at airports in the US, added the same report.
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