U.K.-based airline easyJet this week announced a new passport scanning function to its mobile app, making it the first European airline to have such a feature, according to a press release. The app uses technology from credentials management company Jumio. 

The airline's app, which has been downloaded more than 10 million times to date, now enables customers using an iOS or Android device to scan their passport details using their mobile phone camera.

"Our new mobile passport scanning function will save time for the millions of customers who use the app to input their travel documentation details. It's another example of innovating to make travel as easy as it is affordable with easyJet," James Millett, easyJet's head of digital, said in a statement.