A boarding pass is a document provided by an airline during check-in, giving a passenger permission to enter the restricted area of an airport and to board the airplane for a particular flight. At a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the flight number, and the date and scheduled time for departure. In some cases, flyers can check in online and print the boarding passes themselves. A boarding pass may be required for a passenger to enter a secure area of an airport.
Generally, a passenger with an electronic ticket will only need a boarding pass. If a passenger has a paper airline ticket, that ticket (or flight coupon) may be required to be attached to the boarding pass for him or her to board the aircraft. For “connecting flights”, a boarding pass is required for each new leg (distinguished by a different flight number), regardless of whether a different aircraft is boarded or not.
The paper boarding pass (and ticket, if any), or portions thereof, are sometimes collected and counted for cross-check of passenger counts by gate agents, but more frequently are scanned (via barcode or magnetic strip). The standards for bar codes and magnetic stripes on boarding passes are published by IATA. The bar code standard (BCBP) defines the 2D bar code printed on paper boarding passes or sent to mobile phones for electronic boarding passes. The magnetic stripe standard (ATB2) expired in 2010.
Most airports and airlines have automatic readers that will verify the validity of the boarding pass at the jetway door or boarding gate. This also automatically updates the airline’s database that shows the passenger has boarded and the seat is used, and that the checked baggage for that passenger may stay aboard. This speeds up the paperwork process at the gate, but requires passengers with paper tickets to check in, surrender the ticket, and receive the digitized boarding pass.
Print Boarding Pass for:
Aer Lingus
AirAsia
Air China
Air France
Air India
Air New Zealand
Alaska Airlines
Alitalia
American Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Azul Brazilian Airlines
British Airways
Brussels Airlines
Cathay Pacific
China Southern Airlines
Delta Air Lines
EasyJet
Emirates
Finnair
GoAir
Hainan Airlines
Iberia
IndiGo
Jet Airways
JetBlue Airways
Jetstar Airways
Jet2
KLM
Korean Air
LOT Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Malaysia Airlines
Olympic Air
Qantas (domestic)
Qatar Airways
Ryanair
Scandinavian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Spanair
SpiceJet
Sri Lankan Airlines
Swiss International Air Lines
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines
US Airways
Vietnam Airlines
Vistara
Vueling
WestJet
