Delta launches paperless mobile check-in at New York-LaGuardia

Airline Industry Information, June 17, 2008

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Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has announced that it is to partner with the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), effective today (17 June), to launch paperless mobile check-in for domestic travel on Delta and Delta Connection flights leaving from LaGuardia Airport.

The airline said that travellers will now be provided with the option of using their mobile device to check-in and receive an electronic boarding pass via their Web-enabled devices.

Customers can now download boarding passes to their mobile devices via http:/www.delta.com to go directly to the airport security screening area, after having checked any luggage. Once at the security checkpoint, TSA will scan the electronic boarding pass, check the customer's ID and process the customer through security.

The electronic boarding pass can then by presented to the gate agent at their departure gate at boarding time.

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