UK-based leisure carrier Monarch has added roaming Airport Customer Experience (ACE) hosts in nine airports to assist passengers in the departure hall.

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UK-based leisure carrier Monarch has added roaming Airport Customer Experience (ACE) hosts in nine airports to assist passengers in the departure hall.

CPH’s Director of Airport Optimisation explains to FTE how sensor-based predictive modelling and self-service systems are helping the airport optimise processing.

Singapore Changi Airport has launched self-tagging and self-service bag drop in Terminal 1 as part of a three-month trial alongside Jetstar Asia.

Doha’s new Hamad International Airport and home carrier Qatar Airways will trial the Smart Security concept, while the airline has also received the Fast Travel Green Award.
The new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport – which includes an array of common use self-service facilities – opened on 4 June, with United Airlines operating 34 flights.
FTE explores how Skype Translator could be used by airlines, airports and travel industry suppliers to improve cross-language customer service.
The upgraded Qantas iPhone app is designed to provide a more personal service to passengers by making recommendations throughout their journey.

Frankfurt Airport’s VIP Lounge – which travellers can pay to access regardless of airline or class of travel – has been relocated and now includes a fitness area.

Brisbane Airport is rolling out touch-screen systems across the terminal to enable passengers to provide real-time feedback on their airport experience.

Ryanair will introduce dedicated services for families and business travellers, including fast track security passes and bigger baggage allowances.

London City is the first European airport to offer this baggage delivery service, which allows passengers to have their bags transferred between the airport and central London.

The co-located application centre has opened at Pittsburgh International Airport and allows travellers to choose the programme that best suits their needs.
Aruba Airport will be the test-bed for the forward-thinking ‘Happy Flow’ pilot, in which biometrics will be used as the main passenger token at all touch-points.
Munich Airport’s Thomas Penner tells FTE how a combination of new technology and ‘old fashioned’ customer service is helping to enhance the passenger experience.

Samsung’s Andy Guile and Asier Sinde outline the company’s plans in the travel sector, and how airlines and airports can use smartphones and tablets to satisfy the modern day traveller.

As part of an effort to close the air travel industry’s “glaring security gap”, AirAsia will be the world’s first airline to trial INTERPOL’s I-Checkit system.
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