Aviation Term Of The Day - Boarding Pass

A boarding pass is the document which an airline issues to it's passengers during check-in, authorizing the passenger to board a particular flight.The parameters that make up the boarding pass include the name of passenger, the flight number, date as well as the scheduled time of departure.
 In recent times, all that id required of the passenger is to check-in online and print out the boarding pass generated by the system.Passengers with traditional paper tickets are required to attach boarding passes in order to be given permission to board the aircraft; whereas passengers with electronic boarding passes are only required to verify the validity of their boarding passes at the gate.
 In this modern day of technological advancements, many airlines have ditched,or are in the process of ditching(if not completely) traditional paper boarding passes or cards.All the passenger is obliged to do is to check-in online or with their mobile devices for their own comfort and convenience.A boarding pass is equally generated in the form of an email or SMS. All the airline representative does is to scan the code displayed on the passenger's personal mobile device.