Airlines getting ready to adapt Apple's new Passbook

Virgin Australia tweeted, “The rumors are true, we’ll be supporting Passbook for iPhone.” The new feature will allow passengers to store boarding passes using Apple’s application.

This weekend, travel blog Skift reported that Delta Airlines and American Airlines were also planning on including Apple’s Passbook.

A spokesperson from American Airlines told the travel blog that they will be “rolling out an app update in the coming weeks in support of Passbook.”

The iOS6 system is part of Apple’s new iPhone 5 release. The new iOS6 system is due to include new features such as new maps, new languages available for Siri — the phone’s virtual personal assistant — and the Passbook, among others.