easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, will launch its successful Look&Book image search app feature across Android devices. The launch follows the app feature release on iOS in October 2018 which has seen over 28,000 photos matched to destinations to date. With so many travellers now getting their travel inspiration from their Instagram feeds, easyJet wanted to make […]
Flying Blue, the Air France-KLM loyalty programme, one of the largest in Europe, has launched a service to tackle jetlag: one of the biggest challenges for travellers. It has partnered with Isobar to create the “Jetlag Social Club” – the first guide of its kind designed by an airline loyalty programme. Developed as an app, this service […]
What if travellers waiting to board a plane could exchange tips face-to-face with others who are heading in the opposite direction? KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has worked with creative agency DDB Unlimited to build a bar where travellers can meet to exchange local tips at airports in the Netherlands, Norway and Brazil. This new travel […]
easyJet, one of Europe’s leading airline, launched Look&Book image search, a first for the travel industry, which allows customers to instantly book a flight based on a photo, without them even needing to know the destination. The ground-breaking new feature works like this: if you’re browsing Instagram, and you see somewhere amazing that you […]
Air France Music is launching concert search engine “Never Miss Out“, which was developed in association with General Pop, BETC’s entertainment production entity. Is the concert by your favourite performer sold out? “Never Miss Out” allows you to find new concert dates and book tickets to go, from a selection of nearly 300 artists listed. […]
Airline KLM has introduced a new feature in its app that uses augmented reality to help passengers assess wether their hand baggage is of the correct size. The functionality, which uses Apple’s AR technology, is aimed at speeding up check-in and reducing customer confusion over luggage allowances. The AR hand baggage check uses a […]
Facebook expanded the options airlines have for reaching potential travellers with its flight ads, which were previously referred to as dynamic ads for travel for flight. Airlines already had the capability to use flight ads to target people who had visited their websites or applications to search for particular flights. The social network announced that airlines […]
Emirates has introduced 3D seat models on emirates.com, becoming the first airline to introduce web virtual reality (VR) technology on its digital platform. The 3D seat model is a visualisation engine that displays an immersive 3D 360 degree view of the interior of the Emirates A380 and the Emirates Boeing 777, giving customers a […]
British Airways is expanding its biometric boarding gate tests in the US. Last November, it began testing self-service boarding gates in Los Angeles Airport that don’t require customers to produce either their boarding pass or their passport. Instead, passengers only need to look into a camera, wait for their biometric data to be checked against […]
OneWeb has forged a new alliance with Airbus to develop in-flight 5G services that will enable passengers to continue using their smartphones and other devices in the air, via satellite links. “The Seamless Air Alliance will usher in a new era of innovation for airlines on all routes,” the companies said in a joint statement […]