The first European
airport to provide passenger processing with SITA’s AirportConnect Open
platform was Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, which has recently renewed their
contract for another five years. The future-proof SITA technology includes
SIM-based NFC, which allows efficiency in moving through airport checkpoints
via a reliable and secure link to passengers’ smartphones. With a simple tap of
the smartphone, the passenger information of a standard boarding pass is read
via “Tap n’ Fly”TM, a commonly-used applet, and the industry standard for
NFC.
