Ancillary: Pre-travel

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has revealed plans to turn AirAsia into a fully fledged “digital airline” to increase ancillary revenues.

Following the launch of Airbnb Trips, FTE highlights what airlines can learn from the platform to help boost digital ancillary revenues.

Seatfrog has announced that it is partnering with Amadeus Next, as they aim to bring the auction bidding service to travellers.

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.

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.