Tuesday October 13, 1:32 pm Eastern Time
AIT Advanced announcement/IBM Canada
(Full text of press release from Canada NewsWire)
IBM
&
AIT
Corporation
Announce Strategic
Relationship
in
Airline
Industry Ft.
Lauderdale,
FL,
Oct.
13
/CNW/
-
IBM
Canada
Ltd.,
and
AIT
Advanced
Information
Technologies
Corporation
(AIT'')
today
announced
their
collaboration
to
develop
self-service
check-in
kiosks
for
a
major
international
airline.
These
kiosks
will
incorporate
AIT's
newest
multi-function
data
capture
device,
the
PAX
reader. The
endorsement
of
our
PAX
reader
by
IBM
is
a
significant
step
forward
in
our
program
to
provide
unique
solutions
to
the
airline
industry,''
said
Bernie
Ashe,
President
and
CEO
of
AIT.
We
are
looking
forward
to
a
long
and
successful
collaborative
relationship.'' IBM's
Customer
Check-In
Kiosk
offers
airline
passengers
the
ability
to
bypass
the
check-in
desk
and
obtain
a
boarding
pass,
quickly
and
easily.
The
target
market
is
primarily
the
traveler
that
does
not
have
luggage
to
check,
and
who
can
use
the
kiosk
and
proceed
directly
to
the
departure
gate.
The
kiosk
is
especially
useful
for
passengers
who
have
selected
electronic
ticketing,
and
do
not
yet
have
a
boarding
pass
or
ticket
receipt.
Passengers
may
also
verify
frequent
flyer
information,
request
an
earlier
flight,
or
upgrade
and
select
a
seat
assignment
from
a
user-friendly
seat
map. IBM's
kiosks
are
already
helping
airlines
provide
improved
customer
service,
and
the
trialing
of
AIT's
PAX
Reader
will
help
to
streamline
the
check-in
process
even
further,''
stated
Rory
O'Connor
-
IBM,
Travel
&
Transport
Solutions. IBM's
Travel
and
Transportation
Industry
Solutions
Unit
provides
a
broad
range
of
products,
services
and
integrated
solutions
to
all
segments
of
the
worldwide
travel
and
transportation
industry,
including
airlines,
airports
and
global
distribution
systems.
Specialist
teams
develop,
market
and
support
industry-specific
solutions
covering
all
aspects
of
airline
and
airport
operations,
from
customer
service
to
maintenance
and
from
marketing
to
revenue
management. The
PAX
incorporates
high
resolution
OCR
scanning
for
Machine
Readable
Travel
Documents
including
Passports,
Visas,
ID
cards
and
ATB
coupons.
In
addition,
the
PAX
reads
magnetic
encoded
data,
including
3
and
4
track
magnetic
strips
found
on
documents
such
as
ATB
coupons,
boarding
passes
and
credit
cards.
Scanned
data
is
easily
transmitted
into
any
computer
system
for
verification
and
storage,
providing
a
secure,
flexible
and
highly
accurate
solution
for
automatic
document
inspection
and
passenger
data
entry. The
PAX
reader's
solid
state
design
and
patented
data
acquisition
architecture
combine
to
optimize
ease
of
use
with
operation
independent
of
operator
swiping
style,
speed
and
direction.
Its
superior
reliability
and
versatility,
user-friendliness,
and
highly
compact
and
robust
design
make
the
PAX
the
natural
choice
for
automated
passenger
check-in
applications. Earlier
this
year,
British
Airways
purchased
over
300
PAX
readers
for
use
at
passenger
processing
operations
throughout
North
American
airports.
The
PAX
reader
is
used
to
automate
the
passenger
check-in
process
and
authenticate
airline
tickets
through
the
use
of
innovative
Optical
Character
Recognition
(OCR)
and
data
capture
technology. Founded
in
1973,
AIT
Corporation
is
headquartered
in
Ottawa,
Canada,
with
offices
in
the
USA
and
United
Kingdom.
The
company
is
a
world
leader
in
the
secure
document
issuance
and
inspection
markets
with
an
established
customer
base
in
over
75
countries.
AIT's
core
business
is
in
multi-function
data
capture
devices
for
passenger
processing
and
border
control;
and
solutions
for
the
issuance
and
management
of
secure
documents.
For
a
detailed
corporate
profile
visit
www.ait.ca. SEDAR:
0002168 /For
further
information:
Peter
Sakkal,
Product
Marketing,
AIT
Corporation,
1545
Carling
Avenue,
Suite
700,
Ottawa,
Ontario,
K1Z
8P9,
Phone:
(613)
722-2070,
Facsimile:
(613)
722-2063,
General
Inquiries:
mktg(at)ait.ca/
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