AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has revealed plans to turn AirAsia into a fully fledged “digital airline” to increase ancillary revenues.
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Following the launch of Airbnb Trips, FTE highlights what airlines can learn from the platform to help boost digital ancillary revenues.
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.
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.
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FTE recently attended the TFWA Inflight Focus Workshop to gauge the extent to which the inflight retail sector is responding to technology-enabled change.
Spring Airlines has teamed up with GuestLogix to enable its flight attendants to accept onboard payment for ancillary items via handheld point-of-sale devices.
A new grocery shopping concept called “emmasbox” is currently being trialled in the baggage reclaim area at Munich Airport’s Terminal 2.
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.
The so-called “Digiboo Zones” allow passengers to browse and download movies and TV shows to their personal electronic devices ahead of departure.
Find out how seatback self-service, in-flight concierges, commercial partnerships and smartwatch-based sales can help to increase in-flight sales.
Monarch Airlines will launch an Apple Watch app that allows passengers to order food, drinks and duty free products via their smartwatch while onboard.
Finnair has equipped its flight attendants with tablets, which can be used to process onboard F&B and retail purchases and payments.
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