United Airlines has launched new app features designed to save customers time and improve the overall travel experience, including ‘Virtual Gate’, an upgraded mobile bag tracking feature, and more.


United Airlines has launched new app features designed to save customers time and improve the overall travel experience, including ‘Virtual Gate’, an upgraded mobile bag tracking feature, and more.

Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport has introduced a fully automated immigration system in its new terminal, in partnership with SITA, setting a new benchmark for fast, secure, and seamless border crossings.

With the end of 2025 fast approaching, here Future Travel Experience highlights some of our most popular original content from each of the last 12 months – from robotics and AI to inflight innovation, and much more.

At the recent APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Jan Takacs, Head of Design & UX, AirAsia MOVE, delivered an insightful keynote on how AirAsia’s new travel platform is fundamentally reshaping the online travel agent (OTA) space.

Riyadh Air and Huawei are partnering to deliver seamless, data-driven and engaging travel experiences. The focus is on next-gen digital solutions in marketing, loyalty, cloud and AI to shape the future of travel.

In this video interview at APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Samson Arega Bekele, Group Vice President Customer Experience, shares how Ethiopian Airlines is innovating to enhance end-to-end CX, and much more.
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In this video interview at APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Christoph Schulte, Head of B4B, shares what’s new on the product and technology side at DiscoverCars.com, the company’s B4B rather than B2B approach, and much more.

Delta and Uber are deepening their partnership with a reimagined airport drop-off experience at LaGuardia. The collaboration aims to reshape what loyalty looks like for a more connected experience.

Abu Dhabi Airports has signed an MoU with SITA to co-develop an AI-driven Intelligent Total Airport Management platform. Capable of autonomous decision-making, it will enhance operational efficiency.

Emirates will deploy Starlink connectivity across its entire in-service fleet, beginning with Boeing 777 aircraft and completing the rollout by mid-2027. The service will be free for all customers, across all cabins.

Abu Dhabi Airports has signed an MoU with SITA to co-develop an AI-driven Intelligent Total Airport Management platform. Capable of autonomous decision-making, it will enhance operational efficiency.

Emirates will deploy Starlink connectivity across its entire in-service fleet, beginning with Boeing 777 aircraft and completing the rollout by mid-2027. The service will be free for all customers, across all cabins.

In this video interview, following his participation at the recent APEX FTE Asia Expo, Akuila Batiweti, Chief Customer Officer, shares how Fiji Airways is innovating to enhance end-to-end customer experience, and much more.

Miami International Airport has introduced U.S. CBP’s Enhanced Passenger Processing, which leverages SITA Smart Path technology to deliver faster and more secure arrivals for U.S. citizens, enhancing the traveller experience.

Delta Air Lines has launched a new, immersive digital platform, Delta Locals, which is designed to be the future of travel planning – where technology strengthens and meets human connection, with unique insights.

Emirates and OpenAI have entered into a strategic collaboration to advance AI adoption and innovation across the airline. The collaboration will entail enterprise-wide deployment of ChatGPT Enterprise.

China Airlines and Immfly have strengthened their strategic partnership to digitise and elevate CX. The collaboration now extends to more than ten A330 aircraft that will feature Immfly’s advanced wireless IFE.

Hopper Technology Solutions has announced a new ancillary offering for airlines – ‘HTS Seat Upgrades’. The end-to-end platform allows airlines to monetise unsold inventory and enhance customer experience.
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