Finnair Introduces Mobile Check-In Service
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In what it calls a first in international air travel, Finnair says it will let its frequent fliers check in using text messages on mobile phones.
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Six-month study will allow passengers to send messages and make calls.
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Early tests will cover in-person mobile coupons, payment by phone, and over-the-air account management.
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U.S. airline travelers may be able  to use their mobile telephones as well as get high-speed  Internet service while in the air under plans launched by U.S.  communications regulators on Wednesday.
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A test project, now in use at Reagan National Airport, aims to give frequent fliers a quicker pass through security checkpoints by using the latest biometric technologies -- such as eye scans -- to verify a passenger's identity.
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Passengers wanting to skip airport queues will be able to check in for flights using their mobile phone beginning next year, two European firms set to offer the service announced on Tuesday.
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Plane maker Airbus reported progress Wednesday in plans to enable passengers to use mobile phones in flight, beginning in 2006. Test equipment aboard an Airbus A320 plane demonstrated that mobile phones can
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Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA   said on Tuesday it will offer mobile phone and  wireless Internet services on flights later this year.
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Business travellers will be able to surf the Web securely on long-distance flights by combining services from Boeing and iPass, the companies plan to announce on Monday.
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A new extended international terminal opened to passengers today at Helsinki-Vantaa, Finland's largest airport.
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Ryanair has announced a deal allowing passengers to use their mobile phones and Blackberries while in flight.
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Wachovia has launched a new service that will enable its online banking customers to access account information through internet wireless devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.
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Mobissimo Inc. officially launched its online travel search engine on Tuesday and said it has added a new service that allows users to search for rental cars.
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Air France has become the first airline to offer international passengers e-mail and text-messaging service that's based on standard cell phone technology.
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Starting Wednesday, patrons at a cluster of restaurants in Kuopio, eastern Finland, can now pay for their meals with their mobile phones.
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Pocket Express makes it easier and faster to get the info you need on connected handheld.
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Passengers taking to the skies for US flights could be checking e-mail and surfing the Web through high-speed Internet connections in a couple of years.