Jet Airways has partnered the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security of India (BCAS) and the Bangalore international airport (BIAL) and started testing mobile boarding passes on select flights from the Bangalore airport. The pilot project kicked off on select flights from Bangalore to Mumbai and New Delhi from the 12th of this month. During the trial phase, passengers can use the digital barcoded boarding pass on their mobile phones to enter the airport, and can board flights directly after security checks, eliminating the need for paper boarding passes. Jet Airways passengers will first need to check in at its website, or the the mobile app and opt for a mobile boarding pass, which the company claims to have been designed in-house and meets IATA standards and requirements. The airport has also installed mobile boarding pass scanners at the entrance, at security checkpoints and at the boarding gates, where passengers can then scan their boarding passes. Jet Airways mentions that if the trial is well received, the airline will extend the service to all Jet flights. Note that Jet Airways had previously integrated Google’s personal assistant service Google Now for all flights booked on Jetairways.com and Jet Airways’s mobile apps in March last year. We had mentioned then that this integration would be much more useful if the government allows paperless boarding passes as well and also train security staff and other employees involved with ground handling on its use. It's worth noting that the Ministry of Civil Aviation had asked BCAS…
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