Flight info by e-mail

Do you want to find out if your flight is early or late?

Cathay Pacific's notiFLY text-messaging system has been designed to do just that - tip off its customers about flight arrivals, departures and changes to schedules.

The notiFLY scheme has now been expanded worldwide - which means mobile-phone users in every country served by the company can receive automatic notiFLY text messages about the flights they've booked.

Cathay Pacific says it is the first airline in New Zealand to introduce this service, which is available to all its passengers.

The system works by the company sending phone text or e-mail messages to people with Vodafone mobiles and Telecom customers with CDMA and Dual Band phones.

The messages can be sent in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

To receive a notiFLY message, passengers or their friends and colleagues, enter the flight details and their mobile phone number on Cathay Pacific's website or a handheld device such as a Palm PDA. Customers checking in online can select the notiFLY option as part of the process.

In addition to mobile phone messages, notiFLY can also send flight arrival or departure details by e-mail.

The company says long-haul flights can often arrive well ahead of schedule, but with notiFLY, family and friends can receive plenty of notice about when to be at the airport to meet flights.

Cathay says thousands of its customers use the service every month, especially business people and those collecting clients from airports.

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