Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Online check-in is the process in which passengers confirm their presence on a flight via the Internet and typically print their own boarding passes. Depending on the carrier and the specific flight, passengers may also enter details such as meal options and baggage quantities and select their preferred seating.
Before a flight departs, the so-called passenger name list (PNL) is handed over to the departure control system that is used to check-in passengers and baggage. Reservation data such as the number of booked passengers and special service requests is also transferred to flight operations systems, crew management and catering systems.
Many airlines encourage travellers to check in online up to a month before their flight and obtain their boarding pass before arriving at the airport. Some carriers offer incentives for doing so (e.g., in 2015, US Airways offered 1000 bonus miles to anyone checking in online [ 34 ] ), while others charge fees for checking in or printing one's ...
Also in 1976 Videcom international with British Airways, British Caledonian and CCL launched Travicom, the world's first multi-access reservations system (wholly based on Videcom technology), forming a network providing distribution for initially two and subsequently 49 subscribing international airlines (including British Airways, British ...
The passenger will check in using a supported airline's smartphone app and send the relevant flight information to the tag via Bluetooth Low Energy. Qantas introduced Q Bag Tags in 2011. Unlike the British Airways tags, they do not feature a screen, which means there is no barcode to scan.
Iberia Airlines: IBERIA Spain II CSQ IBC Airways: CHASQUI United States I2 IBS Iberia Express: IBEREXPRESS Spain Charter service, low cost carrier for EU flights of Iberia operating only A320s IBR Ibertour Servicios Aéreos: IBERTOUR Spain IBT Ibertrans Aérea: IBERTRANS Spain TY IWD Iberworld: IBERWORLD Spain FW IBX Ibex Airlines: IBEX Japan ...
Upgrade to a faster, more secure version of a supported browser. It's free and it only takes a few moments:
On 7 December 1983, Iberia Flight 350, a Boeing 727 (EC-CFJ), crashed while taking off in dense fog when it collided with Aviaco Flight 134, a Douglas DC-9 (EC-CGS) that had mistakenly taxied onto the runway at Madrid Airport. All on the Aviaco flight perished, and 51 (50 passengers, 1 crew member) of the 93 on board the Iberia flight were killed.