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Delta and American are on board with Apple's new Passbook, but why?

Dennis Schaal

Skift Take

A lot of airline passengers have iPhones and some will undoubtedly use Passbook. Delta and American want to be where the customers are.

Apple conducted its much-anticipated demo today of the new iPhone 5, powered by iOS 6, with Delta Air Lines and American Airlines on board, as reported, with mobile-boarding pass capabilities. If you fly American or Delta, though, these capabilities on your iPhone or iPod won't be available for weeks, if not months, through Passbook. With Passbook in iOS 6, mobile boarding passes would surface on your iPhone's lock screen when you arrive at the airport so you don't have to fumble around looking for it. You’d then be able to scan your iPhone or iPod with the airline's mobile boarding pass at airport gates in Passbook, which can serve as a centralized repository for all your boarding passes, tickets and coupons, inst

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