NEW YORK, July 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Starting today, British Airways is set to take the stress out of family travel as it extends its new on-line check-in facility to families traveling with children and infants.
From the comfort of their own home, mum or dad can simply log on to ba.com from 24 hours in advance of their flight, choose their seats and check in their whole family. The system is easy to use with simple step-by-step instructions and is available on all routes served by British Airways in North America.
The final stage is simply to print their boarding passes ready to take to the airport the following day.
Families can travel to the airport knowing that they are already checked in and without that nagging anxiety that a problem on the journey or a nightmare check-in queue could cause them to miss that holiday flight. On arrival at the airport, the family can hand over their luggage at the "Fast Bag Drop" desk and go straight through security to the boarding gate.
To help families prepare in advance for their journey, the airline has posted a broad range of travel information on ba.com including details of baggage allowances and immigration requirements. Special child meals may be booked up to 24 hours before the flight departs.
Groups of up to six also will be able to check in on-line in one transaction from July 27.
Robin Hayes, Executive Vice President The Americas, said: "Everyone looks forward to their summer holidays, but we recognize that the airport experience may be quite stressful for families and groups.
"We want them to start their journey by being as relaxed as possible. So we have extended the reach of our very popular on-line check-in facilities to allow families and groups to speed through the airport and arrive at the airport ready to enjoy their flight with us."
On-line check-in is not available for children traveling as unaccompanied minors. On-line boarding passes may now be printed for more than half of British Airways flights including all flights to London from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.
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