Running an airline is a tough industry, with many companies either folding shop or merging with rivals to survive. Being an airline passenger isn’t a walk in the park, for a litany of reasons that anyone who has ever been in an airport can easily enumerate.
Landline, a four-year-old, Fort Collins, Colorado-based transportation startup, thinks it has struck on a way to create a better experience for both airlines and their passengers. The big idea? To distribute the check-in process by processing people in many smaller hubs, closer to their homes, well before they get to their departing gate.
If all goes as planned, its customers will eventually get dropped off just a hop, skip and a jump from the plane they’re about to board.
Of course, big ideas often start with the execution of smaller ones, and right now, Landline, founded …
