Mobile boarding passes ramping up in Apple Passbook, Samsung Wallet and Google Now


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You see passengers here and there using mobile boarding passes at the airport these days, but their use is hardly omnipresent. That could change over the next few years, however, as mobile boarding passes become a staple of third-party apps.

Airlines are rapidly increasing the availability of mobile boarding passes through their own apps, and through third-party services, including Apple Passbook, Samsung Wallet and Google Now. By 2016, 80% of the roughly 200 airlines participating in the SITA/Airline Business I