More airports adopt CUSS kiosks
October 10, 2007
USAToday: In a move that could save air travelers time, more U.S. airports are installing common-use kiosks that enable self check-in for multiple airlines. Nine U.S. airports now have the devices to supplement or replace the airlines' own self check-in kiosks. That's up from two airports five years ago. Among the places where the kiosks can be found: Seattle-Tacoma, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Washington Dulles. Airports own the CUSS kiosks and often place them in terminal areas not occupied by an airline. The placementspreads out travelers away from airline counters, improving the flow of people, says Byford Treanor, an executive at Dallas/Fort Worth. That airport has 51 CUSS kiosks and says it plans to buy more.