In a significant move to introduce an innovative mobile boarding pass service, Lufthansa, the national carrier of German has launched this service in two of its domestic routes for a trail run. Now, passengers booked for flights with Lufthansa between Hamburg to Munich or Frankfurt can forward a request for receiving an electronic boarding pass. The request can be made either via email or SMS text message during the time they check-in online.

The electronic boarding pass sent to the passengers contains all the necessary flight data in addition to a 2D barcode. Upon their arrival at the airport, if the passengers are carrying only hand luggage, then the barcode will allow them to directly proceed to the security check point.

The electronic boarding pass scheme will be let for trail run in the above said two routes for a period of eight weeks as part of the pilot scheme. Once the scheme proves successful, the airline will extend this service to many of its domestic routes in the initial stage. Following this, Lufthansa will explore the possibilities of implementing mobile boarding pass scheme to all its international connections too.

Recently, Lufthansa was in the highlight as the airline launched new mobile portal for UK and Irish customers. This portal enables the passengers check the schedules of flights operated by the airline. Over and above, this facility enables them make bookings in addition to selecting their seat via their mobile phones.