REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Kuwait International Airport is installing 12 self-service check-in kiosks – the first kiosks of their kind at the airport – as part of an eight-year contract renewal with SITA.
FTE spoke to Qantas’ Rowan Chalmers and London Gatwick’s Willie McGillivray to find out how they have transformed the passenger experience within existing facilities.
Lufthansa has introduced new family-friendly check-in counters at Frankfurt and Munich airports to coincide with the peak summer holiday season in Germany.
This week in London, FTE’s Assistant Editor, Amy Hanna, met one-to-one with Ryanair’s eclectic CEO Michael O’Leary, who outlined how he intends to eradicate checked bags, when he plans to introduce Wi-Fi onboard Ryanair flights and why he refuses to embrace mobile technology.
Content plans: Members of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group will convene in London for an action-packed joint members meetings, hosted by Heathrow
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us in Dublin for APEX FTE EMEA, APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing – co-located to deliver the region’s most comprehensive gathering of air transport leaders.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us at the 20th anniversary FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in the new location of Dallas, Texas, on 8-10 September 2026, co-located with IFSA Global EXPO. Headline Partners include Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Southwest Airlines, and Dallas Love Field Airport.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us for APEX FTE Expo Asia, 18-19 November 2026 – uniting the world in Singapore for the largest end-to-end passenger experience and innovation expo.
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Melbourne Airport is introducing state-of-the-art self-service technology for its passengers as part of a $1 billion expansion.
New information kiosks at Frankfurt Airport will be capable of reading boarding passes – good news for passengers at the airport with the highest number of passengers utilising self-service check-in and self bag drop.
Passengers will be able to check-in while on their way to the airport or once they arrive at departures with airBaltic’s improved mobile service, which permits check-in until an hour before departure.
The two busiest airports in Indonesia have deployed roving check-in desks – described as “check-in desks on wheels” – to ease congestion at peak times.
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Air India and Jet Airways passengers flying from Cochin International Airport can now make use of four new common-use self-service check-in kiosks.
Ethiopian Airlines and Ethiopian Airports Enterprise have joined forces to introduce self-service check-in kiosks at the country’s main airport.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company has installed a new offsite check-in facility, allowing more passengers to check-in and print their bag tags before arriving at the airport.
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has introduced self-service check-in kiosks at Mumbai International Airport.
Lufthansa is expanding its automatic check-in service, which will now be available on around 400 routes within the Schengen Area.
The opinionated Ryanair boss shares his views on kiosks, self-service bag drop, mobile technology and IATA’s Checkpoint of the Future.
Having contributed to a successful 2011 for the Fast Travel initiative, airports and airlines across Asia are set to play a major role in the project in 2012.
Passengers travelling with Air China from Vancouver, Osaka Kansai and Nagoya international airports can now make use of self-service check-in kiosks.
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