Alaska Air launches program to allow travelers to electronically tag luggage at home

Alaska Air Group Inc.
ALK,
+1.86%
mentioned Wednesday it has launched program that enables vacationers to tag their baggage utilizing the air service’s cellular app earlier than they get to the airport. The corporate mentioned its 2,500 Alaska Mileage Plus members will begin receiving this week their digital bag tags, a three-inch by five-inch system that is up to date with the traveler’s flight data throughout check-in. That can enable the traveler to depart their baggage on the bad-drop space with out standing in line. The corporate estimates that the digital bag tag will scale back time vacationers spend in airport lobbies by about 40%. “The very last thing our visitors need to do is stand in line,” mentioned Charu Jain, senior vice-president of merchandising and innovation for Alaska. “With the addition of the Alaska Airways digital bag tag, our visitors can full nearly all of their check-in duties – from the consolation of their residence, at work or on the way in which to catching their flight.” Alaska Air’s inventory, which was nonetheless inactive in premarket buying and selling, has gained 3.9% over the previous three months, whereas the U.S. World Jets ETF
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+1.77%
has superior 5.4% and the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.16%
has slipped 0.7%.