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DD...I have been digging for the last few days to find out if SITA Mobile Check-in will become ubiquitous. There is a lot of information, so I don't know where to start.

First, we know that Gavitec has been designed and implemented a full solution Mobile Ticketing, Mobile Check-in/Mobile Check-in by fingerprint (biometric identification of passengers) in service collaboration with leading providers Siemens Business Services and SITA
Company presentation (July 2006) – Page 30
http://www.gavitec.com/fileadmin/template/main/downloads/MD_CorporatePresentation_F0607.pdf

About IATA.
Over 60 years, IATA has developed the commercial standards that built a global industry. Today, IATA’s mission is to represent, lead and serve the airline industry. Its members comprise some 260 airlines - the world’s leading passenger and cargo airlines among them - representing 94 percent of international scheduled air traffic.
http://www.iata.org/about/

The list of IATA's current Airline Members.
http://www.iata.org/membership/airline_members?All=true

SITA, in partnership with IATA, has been actively involved in establishing the industry standard.
IATA's targets and benefits:
* 100% implementation of e-ticketing worldwide by 2007
* Implementation of Common Use Self Service (CUSS) kiosks worldwide
* Bar code standard for boarding passes
* Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for baggage management
* Paperless cargo environment
http://www.iata.org/stbsupportportal/2005-11-07-04.htm?WBCMODE=presentationunpublished
http://www.sita.aero/News_Centre/Simplifying_the_Business/default.htm

SITA is working with the industry on each of the five IATA's Simplying the Business's initiatives and helping the airline community achieve their full potential by also enabling the adoption of IP-based networks. Extending services into the Internet domain will buy airlines greater cost savings while also eliminating some of the complexity associated with legacy systems.
http://www.sita.aero/NR/rdonlyres/95C8A775-CE4C-4B2F-ACAD-02659B8067B6/0/SITA_SimplifyingTheBusiness...
http://www.sita.aero/News_Centre/Simplifying_the_Business/default.htm


SITA is playing a major role in the air transport industry.
Old product name:
SITA runs a reservations system called Gabriel (old name) , which is used by more than 160 airlines, many of them small carriers in Africa and Asia. Support for electronic ticketing was added to Gabriel at the end of 2004.
http://www.microsoft.com/business/peopleready/news/economist/change.mspx

New product names:
SITA reservation (new name). The system is used by more than 150 airlines worldwide and is fully integrated with SITA Departure Control Services, further easing the passenger journey at the airport.
http://www.sita.aero/NR/rdonlyres/9AE493B0-18EA-46EE-9578-CD5C7278E912/0/SITA_NewDimensions_Q205.pdf

SITA Departure Control Services used by over 200 airlines worldwide
http://www.sita.aero/Solutions/Passenger_and_Travel_Solutions/Departure+Solutions/default.htm

SITA Airfare used by more than 200 airlines
http://www.sita.aero/Solutions/Passenger_and_Travel_Solutions/Reservation_Solutions/Airfare/default....

Case studies:
http://www.sita.aero/Solutions/Passenger_and_Travel_Solutions/Case_Studies_and_Tech_News/Case_studie...

SITA MOBILE CHECK-IN:
SITA has developed Mobile Check-in in conjunction with Siemens. Check-in is handled by a small piece of software on the phone, downloaded like a game or a ringtone. The software establishes a wireless connection with the reservation system, offers a choice of seats, and then retrieves the boarding-pass bar-code, which is stored in the handset.

The system can be configured to send passengers a text-message reminder two hours before the flight; clicking a link in the message launches the check-in process. But bar-code boarding passes cannot be used for interline flights unless all the airlines and airports along the route support them. Like electronic tickets, bar-code boarding passes will be adopted first by individual airlines, and then by alliances, before becoming ubiquitous.
http://www.microsoft.com/business/peopleready/news/economist/change.mspx
http://www.sita.aero/NR/rdonlyres/124DF001-976A-44B8-ABC7-13B24A61C943/0/SITA_MobilityWirelessConnec...

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both interested in Mobile phone Check-in...The technology would involve a barcode transmitted to passengers' phones, bypassing the need for a magnetic boarding card.
http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/2006/09/mobile_phones_c.html

Obviously, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both will use SITA Mobile Check-in. Why?
Paul Coby is chairman of airline industry IT body SITA and CIO of British Airways.
http://www.iata.org/NR/rdonlyres/F74A421B-6647-42B4-97E8-9537ED72B642/0/PaulCoby.pdf
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/travel/0,3800011481,39163758,00.htm

SITA and Virgin Atlantic have a strong partnership.
SITA Horizon Symplifying distribution (page 3 - PDF
file):
Horizon helps you reduce the cost of passenger handling, through self-service solutions using web, mobile phone and kiosk technologies.
http://www.sita.aero/NR/rdonlyres/9EB86D80-B842-47C5-A47C-050B5DDC8884/0/SITA_Horizon_EO_A4.pdf

Swissport together with its partner SITA INC also attends to develop web- and mobile check-in as well as CLF (Common Language Facility) solutions.
http://www.swissport.info/products/serv_eservices.php
Two European airlines are currently working with Swissport on assessing, trialling and planning the implementation of the new mobile check-in facility.
http://www.swissport.info/mediacenter/index_news.php?id=245&ref=archive


There is a lot of information...However, I will stop here.