REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
United has announced that Air New Zealand, Embraer, and Google have joined its Sustainable Flight Fund to reduce emissions and drive production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel through investments in startups.
daa – operator of ORK and DUB (a Headline Partner of the co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing events, Dublin, 11-13 June 2024) – has unveiled 20 environmental sustainability initiatives.
Fraport is enhancing sustainability by overhauling its ground power supply at FRA. It is equipping more aircraft parking positions with ground power connections, with mobile GPUs to be exclusively electric.
KLM is minimising food waste using an AI programme that enables it to better predict how many passengers who have booked will actually board a flight. This means KLM achieves up to 63% less food waste.
In this interview, Yelena Obukhova, Vice-President Inflight Services, Air Astana, shares insights into the airline’s focus on personalisation, inflight entertainment, sustainability and emerging technologies.
Startup airline flyv and ZeroAvia have signed an agreement to explore powering on-demand, low-cost flight operations using hydrogen-electric engines to “enhance efficiency and operational stability”.
Content plans: PoC update, AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Discussion centring on check-in – what is the future for a seamless experience? The next in-person members meeting, taking place alongside FTE Global, will examine what future bag drops will look like, as well as tagging, capacity and flow enhancements.
Find out more >>Content plans: Retailing innovation in Los Angeles and exploring the utilisation of the Metaverse and other new technologies in travel retail.
Find out more >>Content plans: Under the theme of "Transforming Air Transport”, air transport leaders from across the globe will gather in LA to learn, collaborate, and be inspired to elevate their organisation’s passenger experience, business performance, innovation, and sustainability strategies.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Discussion on outbound baggage loading and movement – what will this look like in five years? November’s in-person members meeting will explore areas including loading, movement, scanning, load cells, and more.
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: The final virtual members meeting of 2024 will focus on the “year in review”, while also providing an update on current Proof of Concepts and looking ahead to plans for 2025.
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International Airlines Group (IAG) invited FTE for a briefing on its innovation activities. We learned how IAG will be collaborating with its partners on trials covering robotics & automation, AI & ML, and more.
Norwegian is now a shareholder in Norsk e-Fuel, which aims to be the first large-scale production facility for electro-fuel. The partnership will give Norwegian early access to fossil-free aviation fuels.
Seattle-Tacoma Airport has introduced ‘Oscar’ – a new AI waste-sorting technology from Intuitive AI – that is designed to help travellers sort their waste items into compost, recycling, or trash bins.
FTE explores a selection of the top trends and technologies for 2024 and beyond, including robotics and automation, biometrics and digital identity, sustainability, Urban Air Mobility and more.
28-30 oCT 2024, California
Where the world's most progressive travel facilitators define tomorrow’s end-to-end passenger experience
19-20 November 2024, Singapore
Connecting vendors with airline and airport executives to transform tomorrow’s end-to-end passenger journey across Asia-Pacific
Empowering the airline sector to profit from collaborative digital retailing opportunities at every step of the journey
A gathering of air transport’s digital and innovation leaders, creative designers and progressive minds who will inspire one another and reimagine travel together.
Seattle-Tacoma Airport has introduced ‘Oscar’ – a new AI waste-sorting technology from Intuitive AI – that is designed to help travellers sort their waste items into compost, recycling, or trash bins.
FTE explores a selection of the top trends and technologies for 2024 and beyond, including robotics and automation, biometrics and digital identity, sustainability, Urban Air Mobility and more.
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority has launched an innovation challenge in collaboration with Miami International Airport. They seek proposals from technology companies with creative solutions to improve CX.
Bristol Airport has published a new Sustainability Strategy, with a target to cut carbon emissions across its operations by 73% by 2027, as part of efforts to be “environmentally and socially conscious”.
easyJet is providing reusable cutlery and cups for its crew inflight to stop unnecessary waste from single use plastics and disposable wooden cutlery, as it continues to trial sustainability initiatives.
Air New Zealand has announced the ALIA as the airline’s first purchase of a next-generation aircraft in its Mission Next Gen Aircraft programme. Designed by BETA Technologies, it will join the fleet in 2026.
Hamburg Airport has joined the international network for future hydrogen hubs. The goal of the global ‘Hydrogen Hub at Airports’ network is to establish infrastructure for the use of hydrogen in aviation.
Virgin Atlantic’s historic flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel took place on 28 November 2023 from London Heathrow to New York JFK, marking the culmination of a year of “radical collaboration”.
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