oneworld Launches One-Step Digital Check-in Across Airlines
Lisbon – October 12, 2026 -- Travellers on multi-carrier trips across the oneworld alliance can now check in once, scan their passport and save boarding passes to their digital wallet. The feature is live on all alliance carriers and covers every oneworld-operated flight in an itinerary, regardless of which airline operates the first leg.
The feature runs on oneworld's proprietary technology, which lets different member airlines' systems communicate through a shared digital platform.
One app handles every leg of the journey
The alliance gives an example of an American Airlines customer flying from Kuala Lumpur to Dallas-Fort Worth via Tokyo. The first flight is on Malaysia Airlines, with a connection to American Airlines. The process works like this: