France-based telco Orange and Air France, along with airline industry and information technology services provider SITA have launched a trial of an NFC boarding pass application for the airline’s route from Toulouse to Paris, and SITA is also piloting Bluetooth low energy beacons at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
The six-month trial of NFC boarding passes involves a few hundred Air France Flying Blue frequent flyer club members with NFC-enabled handsets from Orange, who will be able to tap NFC readers in French airports, Toulouse-Blagnac and Paris-Orly, to board airplanes and access airport lounges and priority lanes for airport security.
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Details of NFC trial launched by Orange and Air France, along with airline tech supplier SITA, putting airline industry standard boarding passes on SIM cards Reason for delay in trial Details of pilot of Bluetooth low energy-based beacons by American Airlines at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport EasyJet’s announcement of three pilots of Apple’s iBeacon technology Pros and cons of putting boarding passes or frequent flyer numbers on SIMs or other secure elements, including flat-battery boarding Position of International Air Transport Association on NFC-based boarding passes Prospects for use of host-card emulation for transmitting boarding passes and frequent flyer numbers SITA’s approach to HCESources Quoted:
Stephane Gruber, NFC program director, SITA Emmanuel Jamin, head, partnership development for NFC, Orange Stephan Copart, head, strategy and simplifying business, financial and distribution services transformation, IATA Renaud Irminger, Geneva lab director, SITA Paula Hunter, executive director, NFC ForumAmong companies and organizations mentioned:
Air France
Orange
SITA
IATA
American Airlines
Japan Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines
EasyJet
Iberia
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