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Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

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Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. A rendering of a revamped Alaska Airlines lobby. Airlines have increasingly been adopting facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of passengers.

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Electronic bag tags are ready for take-off: Here’s what we learned on multiple flights with one

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Alaska Airlines has made electronic bag tags available to elite Mileage Plan members, with a broader rollout planned in the first half of this year. Walking into Sea-Tac Airport for a Friday afternoon flight, I glanced smugly at the people huddled around the Alaska Airlines self-serve kiosks to print bag tags.

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Alaska Airlines launches aviation-focused startup program with Los Angeles venture lab

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An Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The airline is partnering with UP.Labs to launch an aviation venture lab. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off. Alaska Airlines is a limited partner in the fund.

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American Airlines rolls out touchless bag check but is still booking middle seats

The Verge

American Airlines announced on Friday that it is making the check-in process completely touchless, even for passengers who have to check bags. Starting Friday, passengers flying with American Airlines will have to set the number of bags they’re bringing ahead of time on the company’s app or website.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Changing Times Cause CIOs To Change Their Priorities

The Accidental Successful CIO

Another example of a person with CIO job who did a pivot can be found at United Airlines. The airlines stopped every project it was working on in order to determine which were the most critical. These machines let passengers print out luggage tags by scanning the boarding passes on their mobile phones at the kiosks.

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Inside the world of aviation, space and defense news with the team behind Hype Aviation

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What we publish on our site we believe is important enough that the leadership of various aerospace companies across the globe should be going to us, like for instance, the Southwest Airlines meltdown here in the United States. I was testing Alaska Airlines’ new electronic bag tag over the holidays on my own bag and in my own travels.

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