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Airbus and Neste sign MoU to advance the use of SAF
Airbus and Neste sign MoU to advance the use of SAF On 30 November, Neste announced their agreement with Airbus. The pair are seeking to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The partnership is aimed at accelerating the aviation industry’s...
Dubai International (DXB) “change waiting time into gaming time”
Dubai International “change their waiting time into gaming time” Last week, Dubai International (DXB) introduced their new gaming lounge ‘Game Space’. By converting waiting time into gaming time at the airport, DXB hopes to enhance the customers’ experience....
Mastercard and Sabre’s Conferma Pay partner on virtual cards
Mastercard and Sabre’s Conferma Pay partner on virtual cards On 28 November, it was announced that Mastercard is partnering with Sabre Corporation’s Conferma Pay on virtual cards for the travel economy. Back in August 2022, Sabre acquired Conferma Pay to...
Rolls-Royce and easyJet achieve a world first for sustainable aviation
Rolls-Royce and easyJet achieve a world first for sustainable aviation On 28 November, Rolls-Royce and easyJet confirmed they successfully ran an aircraft engine on green hydrogen. This is understood to be a world first for the aviation industry. Back in July...
AirAisa India partners with Sugarbox to launch in-flight entertainment ‘AirFlix’
AirAisa India partners with Sugarbox to launch in-flight entertainment ‘AirFlix’ AirAsia India has announced their partnership with Hyperlocal Cloud platform Sugarbox. The pair are launching ‘AirFlix’, a first-of-its-kind in-flight experience hub across the...
Paul Griffiths, CEO Dubai Airports – Keynote interview
Paul Griffiths, CEO Dubai Airports – Keynote interview Last month at World Aviation Festival the CEO Dubai Airports joined Ben Thompson for an interview. In just 15-minutes, Paul Griffiths answered questions on a wide range of topics in depth....
Technology and reaching net-zero by 2050. An interview with Yann Cabaret, CEO SITA FOR AIRCRAFT
Technology and reaching net-zero by 2050. An interview with Yann Cabaret, CEO SITA FOR AIRCRAFT At the World Aviation Festival in Amsterdam, Yann Cabaret CEO SITA FOR AIRCRAFT talked about sustainability and technology in this five-minute interview. SITA FOR...
Two important BNPL partnerships announced this week
Two important BNPL partnerships announced this week This week, two significant ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) partnerships were announced. One between United States (US) based online travel shopping company Expedia and BNPL leader Afterpay. The second is with...
Paris airports adopt 37 second bag drop technology from an Amadeus company
Paris airports adopt 37 second bag drop technology from an Amadeus company On 17 November, it was announced that over 100 state-of-the-art self-service bag drop units were to be delivered to Paris Aéroport at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly airports....
Sean Donohue, CEO DFW Airport Board – Keynote interview
Sean Donohue, CEO DFW Airport Board – Keynote interview The Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Board CEO joined Ben Thompson for a keynote interview on ‘Reimagining business models and reinvigorating innovation tactics to meet unprecedented sustainability targets...
HSBC Star Alliance’s world-first Credit Card
HSBC Star Alliance's world-first Credit Card On 15 November 2022 Star Alliance launched the HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card powered by Ascenda. This is the world’s first airline alliance credit card. It is big news for the industry so here are the who, what,...
Keynote Digital Product Panel: How do airlines create end-to-end digital products and services that can compete with other industries?
Keynote Digital Product Panel: How do airlines create end-to-end digital products and services that can compete with other industries? At World Aviation Festival in October, a panel of specialists gathered to discuss ‘How do airlines create end-to-end digital...
Andrew Wilcock, CRO Accelya – Keynote interview
Andrew Wilcock, CRO Accelya - Keynote interview At World Aviation Festival last month, Andrew Wilcock, the new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Accelya was interviewed by Henry Harteveldt. Accelya ‘empowers the air transport community to take better control of...
British Airways launch Amadeus Biometric Solutions to become the first UK airline trialling biometric tech for international flights
British Airways launch Amadeus Biometric Solutions to become the first UK airline trialling biometric tech for international flights On 15 November, British Airways announced they are the first UK airline to trial the use of biometric technology for...
Schiphol Presentation: Sharing data to improve the passenger experience
Schiphol Presentation: Sharing data to improve the passenger experience At last month’s World Aviation Festival, Tor Boe-Lillegraven, Chief Data Officer, Royal Schiphol Group gave a ten-minute presentation on data. In current times, data is everything. Within...
Interview with Pierre Thach Hoang, CCO Bamboo Airways – A growing perspective
Interview with Pierre Thach Hoang, CCO Bamboo Airways – A growing perspective Pierre Thach Hoang, CCO Bamboo Airways discussed a range of topics in this short interview. Touching on everything from talent acquisition to sustainability, international routes to...
The technology at Noida International Airport (NIA)
The technology at Noida International Airport (NIA) It has recently been confirmed by Christoph Schnellmann, CEO, YIAPL that the construction of Noida International Airport (NIA) is on course to be ready by the end of 2024. The new airport covers over 1,300...
David Lavorel, CEO SITA – Keynote interview
David Lavorel, CEO SITA – Keynote interview At last month's World Aviation Festival, David Lavorel, CEO, SITA took to the stage for a keynote interview. The interview looked at the statement, “As the industry recovers, smart tech, automation, and digitalisation...
What do passengers really think about AI and technology?
What do passengers really think about AI and technology? Like many other industries, aviation has seen a rapid take-up in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in recent years. It has played a significant role in rebooting aviation in the wake of the...
Interview with Michael Tan, CCO Scarabee Aviation Group – “Technology at heart”
Interview with Michael Tan, CCO Scarabee Aviation Group - "Technology at heart" In this short, 10-minute interview Michael Tan CCO Scarabee Aviation Group discusses technology in the aviation industry. Michael’s overarching message was straightforward,...
