Passengers traveling on Alaska Airlines will soon have the option to skip lengthy check-in lines. This week, the company announced the launch of its electronic bag tag program, which will be the first of its kind in the United States. People traveling with the new bag tags will have the ability to tag their own…
Border Officers Are Being Replaced By Electronic Gates For Faster Immigration
Years after the proposal was first made, it seems automated border control is finally being rolled out on a global scale, especially after this chaotic summer of travel, when wait times at airports increased dramatically and reduced immigration staff only exacerbated the problem. With several countries in Europe, and now even Canada, introducing electronic gates…