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<h2 id="benefits">Benefits</h2> <h3>Passengers</h3> <p>CUSS can provide easier and faster passenger passage through the airport, due to less queues. CUSS kiosks can be shared by multiple airlines and are located throughout the airport,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> ranging from car parks to transit areas, thus cutting down airport crowds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h3>Airline and airports</h3> <p>Economically, CUSS reduces the labour cost of ground staff required by manual check-in. With the introduction of CUSS, the check-in area at the airport can be reduced to enable more <a href="/facts/Retail_outlet/unzV9sPF">retail outlets</a>, or <a href="/facts/Entertainment/XXRnLM62">entertainment</a> facilities. Based on <a href="/facts/IATA/nes88P7H">IATA</a> studies, a 40% <a href="/facts/Market_penetration/lT4TWwRr">market penetration</a> of self-service check-in will save $US1 billion per year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> CUSS can be implemented in the <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud</a>, optimising resource usage and support overheads, that eliminates the need for servers, core computing space and <a href="/facts/Salary/W4rYGjhe">costly</a> technical manpower.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ol><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110602073051/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx">IATA CUSS project page</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/tag/cuss/">Latest CUSS News and Implementation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.iata.org/contentassets/c81222d96c9a4e0bb4ff6ced0126f0bb/iata-annual-report-2008.pdf">IATA Annual Report 2008</a></li></ol> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Common Use Self-Service (CUSS)". International Air Transport Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Common Use Self-Service (CUSS)". International Air Transport Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Common Use Self-Service (CUSS)". International Air Transport Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113729/http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/stb/cuss/Pages/index.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Ticketing Kiosks. Kiosks Inc; February 2014 [cited 21 February 2014]. <a href="http://www.kiosksinc.com/kiosk-solutions/ticketing-kiosk" target="_blank">http://www.kiosksinc.com/kiosk-solutions/ticketing-kiosk</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"IATA annual report 2008" (PDF). International Air Transport Association. June 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2023. <a href="https://www.iata.org/contentassets/c81222d96c9a4e0bb4ff6ced0126f0bb/iata-annual-report-2008.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.iata.org/contentassets/c81222d96c9a4e0bb4ff6ced0126f0bb/iata-annual-report-2008.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Administrator. "Common Use Check-In | Leading Check In System | ARINC Airports". www.airportknowledge.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22. <a href="http://www.airportknowledge.com/airport-solutions/passenger-processing/common-use-check-in" target="_blank">http://www.airportknowledge.com/airport-solutions/passenger-processing/common-use-check-in</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>