The paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday, 1 June, when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through internet booking.
Paper boarding cards could soon be a thing of the past: checking in over mobile phones has received the official thumbs-up from the airline industry.
Australia's airports are introducing advanced kiosk-based facilities to help make the check-in process faster for both domestic and international passengers.
British Airways hopes that radio tagging will save it up to 400 million by reducing the chance of passengers' belongings being mislaid.
Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.
Before he starts work every day, Oscar Carranza places his hand in a biometric scanner that traces the contours of his palm and compares them to digital records in the airport's central database.
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