Air Canada to Use ARINC's Check-In Technology at Tier 3 Airports

Air Canada will use ARINC's iMuse Express portable Internet check-in technology for several of its seasonal and Tier 3 airport locations.

The iMuse Express hardware, which can fit into a suitcase, consists of a laptop PC and two small printers for boarding passes and bag tags.  It connects securely via the Internet to ARINC's Remote Passenger Services Data Center at Tulsa, Oklahoma, where host computers of many airlines including Air Canada are continuously connected.  The system allows Air Canada agents to get direct host access at a fraction of the cost of wide-area network connections and workstation hardware.

Air Canada connects its system via standard dial-up Internet, airport Wi-Fi, or PC card (Sprint and Verizon) connections.

ARINC says it originally developed iMuse Express to enable airline check-ins at locations such as hotels and convention centers, today many airlines and airports use it as a strategic, flexible response for greater competition.

The Canadian flag carrier has deployed the system for check-ins at Albany, Allentown, Bogota, Grand Cayman, Harrisburg, Maui, Palm Springs, Providence, and Rochester.  The service at Palm Springs is winter only, and the carrier plans to rotate these units to one of its summer destinations.  05-13-2007.

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