Jet Airways starts testing mobile boarding passes from Bengaluru

MUMBAI: Private carrier Jet AirwaysBSE 0.96 % has started testing mobile boarding passes on select flights from the Bengaluru airport, the airline said in a statement today.

The airline said the pilot project has been kicked off on select flights from Bengaluru to Mumbai and New Delhi from February 12.

To facilitate the process, the Naresh Goyal-led airline has entered into a partnership with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security of India and the Bengaluru international airport, it said in a statement today.

During this trial phase, a passenger can use the barcoded boarding pass on the mobile phone to enter the airport and after the security checks can board the flight, and that the Bengaluru airport has already installed mobile boarding pass scanners at the entrance, security check-points and at the boarding gates.

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