Alaska Airlines is investing $2.5 billion in improvements to enhance the airport experience within its hubs and focus cities, with new technology and what it describes as “a reimagined, more seamless travel experience”.

Alaska Airlines is investing $2.5 billion in improvements to enhance the airport experience within its hubs and focus cities, with new technology and what it describes as “a reimagined, more seamless travel experience”.
The system is equipped with a biometric photo-matching technology that compares a scan of government-issued identification with a photo of the passenger for verification.
The airline is trialling a range of new technologies at San José Mineta International Airport, including new iPad check-in and bag-drop system.
Riga Airport has introduced four new self-service baggage drop-off points as part of its focus on state-of-the-art automated solutions in passenger service.
The new services installed by Collins Aerospace allow Aer Lingus passengers to check-in for their flight using common-use self-service kiosks.
The new check-in area in the terminal building at Montréal-Trudeau Airport delivers an improved passenger experience with its 16 new self-bag-drop units.
Content plans: Enhancing Hub operations through airport/home carrier collaboration – learnings and idea sharing, bag imaging for border processing. Also live-streamed for those members unable to attend in-person.
Find out more >>Content plans: “An A-Z on commercial planning for new & redeveloped airport facilities”. The team from the new Terminal A at Newark Airport (MUC International, Portland Design, Grimshaw & Moment Factory) will help instigate group-wide discussions on best practices by giving a 360-degree view on implementing the vision, and the decision-making and lessons learned along the way. Also live-streamed for those members unable to attend in-person.
Find out more >>A balanced perspective on the issues of security and privacy, and how biometrics identify travellers on the move, enabling greater throughput and better passenger experience, while respecting the traveller’s privacy.
Find out more >>Content plans: Bag tracking, autonomous, automation. Also live-streamed for those members unable to attend in-person.
Find out more >>Content plans: Year in review, PoC summary, and plans for 2024.
Find out more >>Content plans: Proof of Concept (PoC) update, New Member presentations, Peak Holiday Lessons Learned
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Find out more >>Content plans: Proof of Concept (PoC) update, Sustainability, Tagging and Tracking and new member presentation.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Progressive digital retailing strategies from around the world
Find out more >>Content plans: Proof of Concept (PoC) update, baggage tracking advancements, and new member presentation.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
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Find out more >>Content plans: Fraport presentation, autonomous operations, and sustainability.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Pittsburgh International Airport presentation, Autonomous operations & Robotics POC updates.
Find out more >>Content plans: Dublin Airport presentation & POC updates, Innovation for delivering successful summer
Find out more >>Content plans: Retailing innovations in Dublin and discussion around progressive new business models.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: PoC update, offsite baggage processing, new innovation.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: PoC update, AI use cases in baggage, new innovation & new member presentation.
Find out more >>Content plans: PoC update, AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Enhancing Hub operations through airport/home carrier collaboration – learnings and idea sharing, Innovation in bag imaging for border processing
Find out more >>Content plans: Retailing innovation in Los Angeles and exploring the utilisation of other new technologies in travel retail.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Bag tracking, autonomous, automation
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Find out more >>Content plans: Year in review, PoC summary, and plans for 2025
Find out more >>PT Angkasa Pura II has revealed that self-service bag drop is now being trialled at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Passengers flying with Alaska Airlines, Delta, Southwest, United, American and JetBlue have the option of using the remote bag drop facilities.
From high fidelity maps and queue jump apps, to biometric single tokens and bag drop collaborations, FTE analyses 20 solutions that can improve the passenger experience.
45 mobile self-service check-in kiosks have been installed at Auckland Airport, as the airport plans for expected record passenger throughput this summer.
From high fidelity maps and queue jump apps, to biometric single tokens and bag drop collaborations, FTE analyses 20 solutions that can improve the passenger experience.
45 mobile self-service check-in kiosks have been installed at Auckland Airport, as the airport plans for expected record passenger throughput this summer.
FTE explores how permanent electronic bag tags, drive through bag drop and door-to-door baggage delivery could reshape the baggage process.
Toronto Pearson Airport will be installing new self-service bag drop units in terminals 1 and 3, in partnership with Materna GmbH.
FTE explores how the likes of Hong Kong Airlines, Changi Airport, Malaysia Airlines and Star Alliance are embracing self-service technologies.
Alaska Airlines has launched a self-service bag drop trial at Los Angeles International Airport, reducing the bag drop process to less than 30 seconds.
Malaysia Airlines’ Economy Class passengers flying from Kuala Lumpur now have to print their own bag tags before proceeding to a bag drop counter.
JetBlue’s Joanna Geraghty discusses JetBlue’s trial of e-tags, and considers how the likes of Uber, Lyft and FedEx can help deliver a simplified travel experience.
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