Alaska Airlines is pushing passengers to load boarding passes on their smartphones by removing airport kiosks that can be used to print the passes. The airline has removed kiosks at nine airports ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alaska Airlines is pushing passengers to load boarding passes on their smartphones by removing airport kiosks that can be used to print the passes.

Some airlines use a mobile boarding pass that looks identical to the paper version, while others may just use a lone barcode. The barcode can be a common rectangular one or a square QR code.

American Airlines has been piloting a system that will audibly flag when someone tries to board before their designated boarding group has been called. "I saw this in action yesterday," one ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines is pushing passengers to load boarding passes on their smartphones by removing airport kiosks that can be used to print the passes.