Lufthansa to upgrade check-in terminals at Frankfurt and Milan Malpensa Airport

By the end of April, all Lufthansa’s check-in terminals will be replaced throughout Europe. Besides their new, more modern design, the check-in terminals are equipped with an integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner that can read passports and cards. The new terminals also have a larger monitor for easier readability.
 
The new technology will also enable customers with a machine-readable passport or ID card to check in quickly and flexibly. Once their passport data has been scanned, passengers are checked in. In order to receive a boarding pass, they then have to enter their flight number, flight destination or booking code.
 
Passengers who are already checked in but who wish, for example, to change their seat, can scall up the check-in menu by placing the barcode printed on their boarding pass against the scanner and then make the necessary alteration. In addition, the scanner is able to record the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) data that is required by many immigration authorities before a flight departs.
 

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 13-Feb-09
 

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