Alaska Airlines partners with Airside for passport verification

Airside Mobile (an Onfido company) has partnered with Alaska Airlines to launch Mobile Verify, a digital verification service that allows Alaska Airlines guests to remotely verify their identities to bypass airport check-in queues before international flights. Available immediately, US and Canadian passport holders using the Airside app will no longer need to present a physical copy of their passport to an airline agent for verification. Instead, guests can remotely complete this process prior to arrival, and as a result move through the airport lobby more quickly. “We’re reimagining the entire guest experience at our airports with the goal of getting