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Published: 22 Aug 2008

Sabre Airline Solutions has launched its Mobile Check-In solution in conjunction with Italian carrier, AirOne.

The solution allows passengers to check-in for a flight and even select their seats, using a web-enabled mobile phone.

Mobile Check-In is part of the SabreSonic suite, Sabre's flagship customer sales and service solution, and integrates with other SabreSonic self-service check-in options including web and kiosk check-in, providing airlines with a variety of check-in options across all the customer touch points.

"We needed a product that complemented our existing portfolio of fast passenger check-in services including self-service kiosks at airport terminals, tele-check and web check-in," said Alfonso Razzi, CIO of AirOne.

"By using Sabre Mobile Check-In we anticipate further savings on our passenger check-in costs, while also reducing congestion at airports and offering our passengers a very user-friendly service that meets the requirements of today's travelers who are increasingly relying on their mobile devices for communication and business activity," said Razzi.

Travelers using Sabre Mobile Check-In are sent their flight check-in information via their web-enabled mobile phone 24 hours prior to a flight. Once they select their seat a boarding pass is generated and transmitted to their mobile device. The check-in confirmation and boarding card, in the shape of an IATA-approved bar code, then appears on the screen of the mobile phone or handheld organiser. Passengers will also soon be able to check-in using the SMS Check-In function. This functionality allows travelers to send a short text message to the airline's self-service check-in application and in return receive the check-in confirmation and boarding pass.

At airports that allow mobile phone boarding, passengers go through airport security using the boarding pass data on their mobile device, which acts as official document to proceed through security to the gate. At airports that do not allow mobile phone boarding, passengers proceed to the airline kiosk and request a print-out of the already confirmed boarding card, which they will use to go through security and board the plane.

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