The trial will allow passengers travelling to and from Sydney Airport to search and purchase duty free inventory in-app throughout their journey.


The trial will allow passengers travelling to and from Sydney Airport to search and purchase duty free inventory in-app throughout their journey.

The BARTA initiative goes beyond the existing airport-retailer-brand relationship, bringing an airline into the mix for the first time.

The car rental scheme allows people to rent out their vehicles to others while they are away travelling. Owners of larger cars can expect to earn up to £160 per week.

Passengers flying from Pier E can order food and drinks via their smartphones and have their order delivered to the departure gate within 15 minutes.
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Travellers will be able to use TravelbyBit’s payment system, which includes Bitcoin, Dash and Ethereum, in various stores at Brisbane Airport.

Customers of Lufthansa Group will now be able to pay with Amadeus Airport Pay for ancillary services while checking in.

Strata Club members will receive personalised information, services and retail offers when they are travelling through Auckland Airport.

Future Travel Experience Ancillary, the world’s leading digital airline retailing show, will be held at the RDS in Dublin, 26-27 June.

Travellers flying from Frankfurt Airport can now order duty free items online and have them delivered directly to an address within Germany.

Passengers flying from Brussels South Charleroi Airport can browse more than 5,000 products online and opt to have them delivered to their home.

Fraport and Gebr. Heinemann have agreed to establish a joint venture that will run a total of 27 duty free and travel retail stores at Frankfurt Airport.

Fraport’s Kai Schmidhuber speaks to FTE about the Multichannel project and how the combination of stationary retailing and digitalisation is proving key to driving sales.

FTE speaks to Seateroo, SeatBoost and Seatfrog to find out how important mobile apps are becoming as a source of ancillary revenue for airlines.

Visa has launched a new programme for its cardholders, which provides them with exclusive discounts for airport services.
Lufthansa’s passengers can now download digital newspapers and magazines and reserve items to purchase on board before they even start their journey.

Passengers flying from Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal will be able to download a selection of movies to their smartphones and tablets ahead of departure.
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