Finnair is the first airline in the world to allow passengers to pay for in-flight purchases using Alipay, which is popular among Chinese travellers.

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Find out more >>Content plans: Members of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group will convene in Madrid for an action-packed joint members meetings, hosted by IAG and Iberia at their Madrid HQ where we will hear unique insights from IAG family members, and a host of guest speakers.
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Find out more >>Finnair is the first airline in the world to allow passengers to pay for in-flight purchases using Alipay, which is popular among Chinese travellers.
FTE explains how and why in-flight connectivity holds the key to revolutionising struggling in-flight ancillary sales for airlines.
AirAsia X has launched its ‘Xcite Inflight Entertainment’ service, which gives passengers access to IFE and duty free shopping on Huawei Mediapad 2 devices.
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.
FTE explores how a new generation of in-flight entertainment and connectivity solutions are presenting airlines with ancillary revenue generation opportunities.
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.
Seatfrog has announced that it is partnering with Amadeus Next, as they aim to bring the auction bidding service to travellers.
Ten years after the launch of Future Travel Experience, we are working harder than ever to inform and inspire industry collaboration and co-creation.
John Hurley, Head of Ryanair Labs, reveals which technologies the LCC is exploring and how it plans to improve the passenger experience and increase revenues.
Lufthansa’s passengers can now download digital newspapers and magazines and reserve items to purchase on board before they even start their journey.
Premium passengers flying from Heathrow to Beirut, Cairo, Baku, Tel Aviv and Amman can now make use of the complimentary food pre-ordering service.
British Airways is trialling the sale of seat upgrades using the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard via the Skyscanner meta-search engine.
FTE recently attended the TFWA Inflight Focus Workshop to gauge the extent to which the inflight retail sector is responding to technology-enabled change.
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