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Northwest Airlines passengers offered E-Boarding Pass option

Telecomworldwire, May 23, 2008

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-23 May 2008-Northwest Airlines passengers offered E-Boarding Pass option(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) is introducing a new paperless boarding pass which will allow passengers to use a mobile phone or other handheld device to clear security and board their flight.

The E-Boarding Pass can be used from 28 May 2008 by customers travelling on nonstop flights from Indianapolis, Ind. to cities within the United States, when checking in at nwa.com.

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The technology records passenger travel details on an industry-standard mobile barcode that is sent to mobile phones and handheld devices in the form of an e-mail, WAP push/link or MMS message.

No printer or kiosk is required to print out a boarding pass.

Northwest said that it plans to expand the E-Boarding Pass option to additional cities in the near future, in cooperation with the US Transportation Security Administration.

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