Cellphones morph into boarding passes at New York’s LaGuardia

Delta Air Lines is the latest air carrier to get on board with mobile, allowing travelers at New York’s LaGuardia to use their phones as a boarding pass.
Domestic flyers departing from LaGuardia’s main Delta terminal can download their boarding pass to a mobile phone via the company’s Web site and proceed directly to the airport screening area rather than check in. Staffers from the Transportation Security Administration scan the electronic pass and check customers’ identification, and Delta agents also check the phone at the gate before travelers get on board.
“Passengers can now quickly check in for their flight while en route to the airport or in a taxi or walking from the parking lot to the terminal,” said Steve Gorman, Delta’s EVP of operations. “The check-in process now can take place from anywhere, any time within 24 hours of departure.”
Continental Airlines last year began issuing boarding passes in the form of mobile barcodes at four U.S. airports, and Northwest launched a similar system earlier this year at Indianapolis International Airport.