Bole International Airport, Ethiopia launched self check-in-services starting to ease long lines at check in counters at the 
International Terminal.
The airport currently has 28 check in counters and has added four self check in kiosks where customers can enter their flight number, destination and reservation code and be able to print a boarding pass.
The self checks in booths are especially ideal for those who do not have check in luggage as they can then proceed to Immigration without delays.
The airport has been planning the self check in booths for the last two years, according to Hailaye Gebretsadik Manager of the Bole International Airport Administration.The project was subcontracted to SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) an international IT and air transport communications expert based in Belgium.
SITA provided the eight booths with four to be used in the terminal handling domestic and regional flights and the others at the international terminal said Abera Beyene, Manager of the Bole International Airport Operation Hub.
SITA also installed the applications and networked them to the Ethiopian Airlines system noted Wondwossen Nadew, an employee with the local SITA bureau.
With more than 5000 passengers passing through the airport on a daily basis this kind of technology is sorely needed according to Abera.
The kiosks are currently set to handle passengers flying with Ethiopian Airlines with other airlines requiring to make separate deals with SITA to have this technology explained Wondwossen.
Source: Addis Fortune
