Vancouver Airport Authority has expanded its Automated Passport Control programme to include Canadian passport holders who are travelling to the US.
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
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Vancouver Airport Authority has expanded its Automated Passport Control programme to include Canadian passport holders who are travelling to the US.
Estonian Air has introduced a new automatic check-in system, which removes the need for passengers to manually check-in for their flight. Â
Chicago Department for Aviation and U.S. CBP have officially launched the Automated Passport Control kiosks, which have reduced queuing times at Chicago O’Hare.
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.
British Airways has launched a self-tagging service at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, allowing passengers to print and attach their own bag tags.
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.
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Air France KLM’s Manuel van Lijf and Dr. Nicola Tomatis, CEO of BlueBotics, spoke to FTE about the viability of replacing human customer service agents with robots.
Human Recognition Systems’ MFlow Journey was recently installed at Edinburgh Airport to measure the journey time of passengers passing through security.
SITA’s partnership for innovation with Changi Airport was an exciting development on Asia Pacific’s air transport landscape. Following the announcement of the partnership in May, Amy Hanna spoke to SITA’s President Asia Pacific Ilya Gutlin about what the collaboration means for the two organisations.Â
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SITA’s partnership for innovation with Changi Airport was an exciting development on Asia Pacific’s air transport landscape. Following the announcement of the partnership in May, Amy Hanna spoke to SITA’s President Asia Pacific Ilya Gutlin about what the collaboration means for the two organisations.Â
Last week we began our countdown of FTE Asia’s 10 trends. Here are five more concepts changing the passenger experience, and not in the ways you might expect.
Qantas is investing in Perth Airport to provide a seamless airport experience, including improved security screening, faster check-in, and free WiFi.
Passengers departing from MIA can now deposit their bags quicker and easier than ever before
Following the groundbreaking FTE Asia 2013 conference, we take a look at the top 10 concepts, technologies and trends that are transforming the passenger experience as we know it.
A new pilot at Dublin Airport allows certain arriving passengers to use self-service immigration through automated border control gates.
Bandaranaike International Airport has received self-service check-in kiosks courtesy of SriLankan Airlines, saving time for passengers.
Hawaiian Airlines passengers at Honolulu Airport can now self-check and weigh their own baggage when they print their boarding passes
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