A professional who assists passengers and checks flight tickets at entrance gate or station when boarding or disembarking airplane of commercial airline. Respnsibilities include:

• Examines passenger tickets to ensure that passengers have correct flight or seat, or directs passengers to correct boarding area, using passenger manifest, seating chart, and flight schedules.
• Verifies names on passenger manifest or separates portions of passenger's ticket and stamps or marks ticket or issues boarding pass to authorize passenger to board airplane.
• Directs passengers to air-terminal facilities.
• Opens gate or allows passengers to board airplane.
• Assists elderly, disabled, or young passengers to board or depart from airplane, such as moving passengers in wheelchairs.
• May announce flight information, using public-address system.
• May post flight information on flight board.