> why, oh why does every airport need its own proprietary one?
I can understand that. It sure sounds like transportation in general might benefit from some sort of a unified API world-over. This would make every airline/airport share the same kinds of information in the same ways.
I agree with your sentiment that one app should be all you need.
Extending this to other forms of transportation would be great. Just not sure how something like that would be accomplished.
That said, they (airports, etc.) could not rely on apps to communicate with passengers because you can't assume everyone will have access to them.
It's just like anything else that we used to live without ... mobile phones, call waiting, microwaves, you name it. Doesn't mean that having new things today isn't an improvement or more convenient in some ways.
I've used printed boarding passes sometimes and other times used the app. Using the app isn't necessarily more convenient when it comes to the boarding pass, but the Delta app can quickly tell me if my flight is delayed, gives me gate updates, and alerts me when my baggage has been loaded onto the plane. Could I get along without it? Sure. But is having that information on my phone useful? Of course.
I can understand that. It sure sounds like transportation in general might benefit from some sort of a unified API world-over. This would make every airline/airport share the same kinds of information in the same ways.
I agree with your sentiment that one app should be all you need.
Extending this to other forms of transportation would be great. Just not sure how something like that would be accomplished.
That said, they (airports, etc.) could not rely on apps to communicate with passengers because you can't assume everyone will have access to them.