Editing Boarding pass (section)

==Bar-codes==
[[File:Boarding card - text as paths and red barcode.svg|thumb|right|Bar code on a boarding pass.<br />Here shown in red, normally it is black for optimum readability.]]
'''BCBP''' (bar-coded boarding pass) is the name of the standard used by more than 200 airlines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/bcbp/Pages/materials.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408181909/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/bcbp/Pages/materials.aspx|url-status=dead|title=IATA BCBP Reference Materials|archive-date=April 8, 2010}}</ref> BCBP defines the 2-dimensional (2D) [[bar code]] printed on a boarding pass or sent to a mobile phone for electronic boarding passes.

BCBP was part of the [[IATA Simplifying the Business]] program, which issued an industry mandate for all boarding passes to be barcoded. This was achieved in 2010.

Airlines and third parties use a [[barcode reader]] to read the bar codes and capture the data. Reading the bar code usually takes place in the [[boarding (transport)|boarding]] process but can also happen when entering the [[airport security]] checkpoints, while paying for items at the check-out tills of airport stores or trying to access airline lounges.

The standard was originally published in 2005 by [[IATA]] and updated in 2008 to include symbologies for mobile phones and in 2009 to include a field for a [[digital signature]] in the mobile bar codes. Future developments of the standard will include a [[near field communication]] format.