Continental Brings Electronic Boarding Pass to Three More Airports

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Continental Airlines will introduce the paperless boarding pass to Reagan Washington National, Newark and Boston Logan airports in the coming weeks.

The technology enables passengers to receive boarding passes electronically on their cell phones or PDAs. At the airport, the devices are scanned by TSA officers at security checkpoints.

The pilot program for the paperless boarding pass pilot began in Houston in December and is still ongoing. Since the initial launch, the TSA said enhancements have been made to improve the readability of the bar code on a wider variety of mobile devices.