The AI-powered “Oscar” chatbot is now able to provide the answers to customers’ questions 67% of the time, and it has just come online in Australia.
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
The AI-powered “Oscar” chatbot is now able to provide the answers to customers’ questions 67% of the time, and it has just come online in Australia.
FTE explores how airlines and airports across Asia are embracing new technologies and trends to help improve and simplify the passenger experience.
KLM has launched BlueBot (BB) – an artificial intelligence-powered tool that enables customers to book flights through Facebook Messenger.
Haneda Robotics Lab’s Robot Experiment Project 2017 focuses on three core areas: security, transportation and translation.
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The thinking behind the trial is to explore how customers react to the robot and to gauge how the robot can assist passengers in an airport environment.
Pepper the robot will interact with passengers, offer menu recommendations and provide directions to points of interest in the airport terminal.
FTE explores the latest technologies and trends that will play a crucial role in reshaping the air transport industry in 2017.
EVA Air has become the latest airline to invest in robots with the introduction of robotic customer service agents at Songshan and Taoyuan airports.
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Haneda Robotics Lab will be launching the “Robot Experiment Project 2016”, which is aimed at accelerating the implementation of robots at Haneda Airport.
This Christmas, Glasgow Airport has unveiled GLAdys – the UK’s first humanoid robot airport ambassador.
KLM is trialling artificial intelligence technology as a means to help answer the significant number of questions that it receives on social media.
FTE speaks to Laila Ben Salah, KLM’s Manager Product Innovation, about the final Spencer demonstration in which the robot interacted with passengers at AMS.
Robot NAO, a 58cm-tall humanoid robot, can communicate with passengers in three languages and can interact with staff via their smart watches.
JetBlue Technology Ventures has been launched to help “shape the future travel experience” and will invest in and partner with early stage startups.
Alberto Rey-Villaverde, easyJet’s Head of Data Science, explains how the LCC will leverage artificial intelligence to make improvements across the business.
The Oxford-Emirates Data Science Lab will draw upon data science, machine learning, mathematics and big data to place data at the heart of Emirates Group.
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