Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up

Passengers would store passport information on their phones under the proposed new rules. Photograph: MBI/Alamy

The days of fumbling around for your boarding pass or frantically checking in for a flight on the way to the airport could soon be over under imminent plans to overhaul the way we travel.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body responsible for crafting airline policy, plans to dramatically shake up existing rules for airports and airlines through the introduction of a “digital travel credential”.