Continental Airlines testing passenger self-board method

Continental Airlines in the US is testing a controversial self-boarding method.

Continental Airlines testing self-boarding system

Continental Airlines Inc. is testing subway-style gates at its hometown hub in Houston that let travelers board planes without using an agent, in what a trade group said is the first such trial at a U.S. airport. Barriers on the machines open to let passengers onto the jet bridge after ...

Continental Airlines Tests 'Self-Boarding'

Boarding a plane without an agent to inspect or take your pass has arrived in the USA. Continental Airlines has confirmed it's testing the procedure at a gate in its hub at Houston Intercontinental. It's the first experiment at what's called "self-boarding" in the U.S.

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Continental Airlines Testing "Self-Boarding"

At one gate at Continental Airlines' hub in Houston, the airline is testing out "self-boarding" for passengers. This is how USA Today explains it : "In self-boarding, passengers much like customers of the New York City subway swipe their boarding passes at a kiosk reader at the gate. That opens a turnstile or door to the jet-bridge. Although an agent isn't there to take the pass, one is ...

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