The all-new app includes one-touch check-in and simple seat selection, and taps into passengers’ previous behaviour to provide a more personalised experience.


The all-new app includes one-touch check-in and simple seat selection, and taps into passengers’ previous behaviour to provide a more personalised experience.

The low-cost carrier has launched a new app for iPhone, which will help to simplify the pre-travel and day of travel experiences for its customers.

Fifty beacons have been installed in Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal 1 to provide passengers with interactive maps and bespoke directions.

British Airways will soon allow its customers to pay for their flights using Apple Pay when they make a booking via the carrier’s app.

Abhilash Chacko, Head of IT Commercial at Gatwick Airport, explains how the airport is working closely with airlines to improve the passenger experience.
200 beacons will be rolled out across eight UK airports, which will use the Bluetooth low-energy devices to deliver targeted notifications to passengers.
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Air Canada has added the TSA PreCheck indicator to its e-boarding passes, allowing passengers to proceed directly to PreCheck security lanes at US airports.

The new Mobile Host for iPhone combines live data from Gatwick Airport’s information systems with passenger booking details to deliver bespoke updates.

Google’s Javier Delgado Muerza discusses how mobile technology can help improve the travel experience and why more effort needs to be made to improve integration.
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s Brian Engle reveals how self-service, beacons and new wayfinding solutions will benefit the passenger experience.

Google’s Javier Delgado Muerza discusses how mobile technology can help improve the travel experience and why more effort needs to be made to improve integration.
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s Brian Engle reveals how self-service, beacons and new wayfinding solutions will benefit the passenger experience.
Following in the footsteps of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and Miami international airports, Seattle-Tacoma Airport now offers Mobile Passport Control.

The rollout of Automated Passport Control, Mobile Passport Control, preclearance and digital departure cards is helping to expedite passenger processing.

Brisbane Airport is trialling a Digital Departure Card, which removes the need for international passengers to hand write the traditional Outgoing Passenger Card.

FTE looks at how JetBlue and Virgin America are using Apple Pay and Visa Checkout, and how a new Google Flights feature is simplifying the flight search process.

Qantas is introducing a “three-click” Auto Check-in service on its domestic network following a successful trial over the last three months.

Emirates is the first carrier in the Middle East to unveil its new app for the Apple Watch, which will complement the airline’s existing iPhone app.
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