Close up of a passenger in airport looking at digital boarding pass on smart phone. Source: Emirates website
Dubai: Starting tomorrow, Emirates will scrap the printed boarding pass and will issue mobile boarding through email or SMS.
The move towards digital-enabled travel journey is a initiative to reduce paper waste. "Passengers checking in at Terminal 3 will receive their mobile boarding pass via email or SMS. Passengers who check in online can load their boarding pass into their Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, or retrieve their boarding pass on the user-friendly Emirates App," said the airlines in a statement on its website.
The checked-in baggage receipt will also be emailed directly to passengers added the airlines.
Travellers with onwards flights on other airlines or those travelling to the US or unaccompanied minors and passengers requiring special assistance may still require printed boarding pass.
It further said that option to print a boarding pass will be available at check-in counters for those who do not have a mobile device or are unable to access the data due to lack of battery or message delivery delay, etc.
"The mobile boarding pass can be used throughout the travel journey – in Dubai Duty Free, at security and for boarding, simply by showing the boarding pass on the phone. Emirates agents and airport staff will simply scan the QR code on the mobile boarding pass as passengers move through the airport and onto the aircraft," said Emirates in its press statement.
