Payments
Interview with Damien Cramer, Global Head of Travel and Airlines at Worldline Global – The post-pandemic payments landscape
Interview with Damien Cramer, Global Head of Travel and Airlines at Worldline Global - The post-pandemic payments landscape In this interview at Aviation Festival Asia, Damien Cramer, Global Head of Travel and Airlines at Worldline Global, discusses three...
What to expect at Aviation Festival Asia with Aurore Duhamel
What to expect at Aviation Festival Asia with Aurore Duhamel Aurore Duhamel works on digital innovation in a large airline and is a Community Manager of French Tech Blockchain (FT Blockchain). As a digital business leader with extensive experience in crypto...
Four start-ups to look out for at Aviation Festival Asia: Payments
Four start-ups to look out for at Aviation Festival Asia: Payments Aviation Festival Asia gathers together industry giants, start-ups, and everyone in between to drive innovation in the aviation industry. The event is an opportunity for start-ups to get noticed...
We haven’t mentioned Blockchain, for quite some time.
We haven’t mentioned Blockchain, for quite some time. We at Travel in Motion have already published numerous blogs, white papers, and podcasts about, hopefully, relevant subjects in our industry. But until now we have only once discussed blockchain and this was...
Qatar Airways’ innovative world first loyalty initiative
Qatar Airways' innovative world first loyalty initiative Yesterday (24 January), Qatar Airways Privilege Club (QRPC) and Qatar Duty Free launched a ‘world first’ innovative partnership. Now, members of the QRPC will be able to collect and use Avios as a part...
Qantas extends its loyalty offering through partnership with Bangkok Airways
Qantas extends its loyalty offering through partnership with Bangkok Airways Bangkok Airways is the latest airline to partner with Qantas. Their collaboration sees Bangkok Airways added to the 45 existing carriers partnered with Qantas for its Frequent Flyer...
IATA survey reports passengers want simplification and convenience
IATA survey reports passengers want simplification and convenience Surveying over 10,000 people from 222 countries, The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed the results of its 2022 Global Passenger Survey (GPS). The survey shows the top...
Three ways selling miles is driving record-breaking growth for airlines
Three ways selling miles is driving record-breaking growth for airlines Over the past couple of decades, airline reward programs have made significant strides in shifting their reputation from cost centers to profit engines for their parent companies. As the...
Attracting gen-Z with buy now, pay later
Attracting gen-Z with buy now, pay later Gen-Z sit at the intersection of technology, affordability, flexibility, and travel. This positions them as a generation uniquely suited to buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. BNPL is a rapidly growing area of the...
Catching a Lift, Ordering Groceries, and Now Grabbing a Coffee. Delta’s Loyalty Partnerships Turning Everyday Life Into Miles
Catching a Lift, Ordering Groceries, and Now Grabbing a Coffee. Delta’s Loyalty Partnerships Turning Everyday Life Into Miles From 12 October, Delta SkyMiles members were able to turn their Starbucks coffees into miles. The partnership between Delta SkyMiles...
Flexibility is Here to Stay. Amadeus Responds To Demands For BNPL Options With ‘Uplift’ and ‘Fly Now Pay Later’ Integration
Flexibility is Here to Stay. Amadeus Responds To Demands For BNPL Options With 'Uplift' and 'Fly Now Pay Later' Integration The pandemic demanded an extraordinary level of flexibility from the world. As the travel industry returns to pre-pandemic levels,...
A customer-focused roadmap to digital airline payments
This is our last article before the World Aviation Festival in Amsterdam in a couple of weeks. We will end the series of articles with a reflection on airline payments, like a shopping experience usually ends with a payment transaction. Bref. Should airline payments...
Is the Aviation Industry Primed to Accept Crypto Payments?
Is the Aviation Industry Primed to Accept Crypto Payments? Currently, only approximately 15,000 businesses worldwide accept Bitcoin and Ether payments. However, according to Deloitte’s June survey, 75 per cent of retailers plan to accept either cryptocurrency...
Buy Now Pay Later Flights?
Buy Now Pay Later Flights? The vast majority of flights currently follow a pay up front model. However, there are rising speculations that this could shift to towards a buy now pay later (BNPL) approach. Why? Rising flight cancellations This summer has been...
7 Myths of AI-Powered Pricing Demystified
Airlines have concerns and incorrect assumptions about the role of AI in powering the future of pricing. In this blog, we share insights from airline questions to Datalex regarding the role of AI in transforming airline pricing for the better, and for better revenues....
Airlines Discuss Rebuilding the Value Proposition of Loyalty for the GenZ Generation
What price do you put on loyalty, and how do you make that currency grow in ways that go beyond transaction? This is one of the central questions airlines have had to answer since miles and points programs were first introduced to the industry in the early 80s to...
Airlines Adopt Payment Strategies To Attract More Customers and Secure Financials Amid COVID
During the Aviation Festival in London, an expert panel of airlines and payment services providers discussed some of the challenges of retailing and payments during the COVID pandemic. They shared their views on payment strategies to encourage more people to fly while...
Five key takeaways from World Aviation Festival with Mike Parkinson
It’s been a short while now since World Aviation Festival, which as always, was a pleasure to speak at. And even though the news of Omicron has somewhat muddied the waters for the return to normal travel, I still feel invigorated and optimistic about the future of the...
The lessons learned from providing payment orchestration for airlines
International airlines have, by necessity, some of the most complex payment ecosystems of modern merchants, and an equally diverse (and thus demanding) customer base to match. The COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented levels of stress being placed on systems which,...
The travel industry has a payments problem. It’s time to fix it.
The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been huge for the travel industry. Finding a new way to work with its acquirers is going to be critical as we look to recovery. The travel sector and the payments industry have never had a simple working relationship....
