Finnair Plans Mobile Check-In
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The airline's frequent fliers will soon be able to check in using text messages on cell phones. Also: Netflix and TiVo are reportedly close to a deal to let subscribers download movies.... Sony unveils a digital high-definition camcorder.... and more.
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Airline passengers are used to worrying mostly about arriving or departing on time. Their carrier&#39;s financial condition? That&#39;s someone else&#39;s worry.
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Limited trial Passengers booked on one of two flights out of Heathrow will be able to skip queues if they hand over fingerprint and other biometric data.â¦
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The Finnish national carrier Finnair is launching non-stop flights from Helsinki to Kuresaare, the main town on the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
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Airline travelers may be able to use  their mobile telephones and other wireless devices in the air  under a proposal to ease the current ban put forward by U.S.  communications regulators on Wednesday.
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Bank customers may soon be able to check their balances on mobile phone screens in an initiative from the Link cash machine network and Morse.
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BBC News Online looks at what rights passengers have if their holidays or flights are cancelled.
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No more lost luggage? In September, Heathrow Airport will become the largest in Europe to trial RFID-based tags for tracking passenger luggage, comparing accuracy and read rates against their existing barcode-based systems.â¦
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Users of Google Calendar can now access their schedules from their mobile phones.
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European telecom regulator issues proposals that would let passengers use their handsets on European flights.
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Singapore&#39;s Changi Airport is testing a combined airline check-in and immigration system in what aviation authorities in the city-state said is a world first that will save passengers time and hassle.
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Mobile e-mail device for business travelers extending its reach.
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All US airlines will soon be ordered to turn over a months&#39; worth of passenger itineraries to the government for testing of the newest version of a passenger prescreening system, Homeland Security officials announced Tuesday.
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The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some live data to feed its new Secure Flight watch-list system, so it will order airlines to fork over a months' worth of passenger itineraries. By Ryan Singel.
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Upcoming service will make songs in your iTunes library accessible on your mobile phone.
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The U.K.&#39;s busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.The six-month trial will involve tagging around 50,000 bags a month with RFID (radio frequency identification tags) for passengers traveling or transferring on Emirates Airline between Dubai and Heathrow, said BAA, the company that runs the airport.Barcode tags are currently used, but the barcodes can be misread by scanners, especially if the tags are wet or creased. Those problems increase costs for BAA and the airlines, as well aggravating passengers with slower baggage handling.The RFID tags, which will be attached by staff at nine specially-equipped Emirates check-in desks, will be encoded the passenger&#39;s name and route. Higher-capacity chips could contain more data but won&#39;t be used for this trial, BAA said. Barcodes will still be used with the RFID tags.The RFID chips can be read by scanning equipment from a short distance away as the luggage passes through Heathrow&#39;s baggage system. Once at their destination, some passengers will receive a text message on their mobile phone informing of the baggage reclaim belt, BAA said.
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NFC, what's that for then? Passengers on Chiltern Railways will soon be able to buy their tickets through their mobile phone, as opposed to just storing them there as they already do.â¦