airlinetrends.com ( a website we warmly recommend ) reports that Delta Air Lines has just opened a new café concept at four Delta Sky Club lounges at New York JFK Airport. The new full-service cafés offer made-to-order breakfast, sandwiches, salads, small plates and desserts for purchase, as well as premium beverages. Meals are USD10-15 and premium drinks [...]

American Airlines is using high-tech tracking devices to figure out how it can move passengers and their bags through the airport faster and with fewer hassles. When Takeshi Misutake lands at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airportat 9 a.m., a white tag attached to his backpack tracks some of his moves. He volunteered to be part of the [...]

Precise BioFlight, a solution for matching passengers through the aviation processes. Here used for boarding an aircraft. The 17 passengers on the clip boards in 6 seconds in average, back-to-back, taking into account card users and a few that has to try twice. The time between the finger is placed on the scanner, and the [...]

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has opened a library aimed at travelers on intercontinental flights awaiting their connections. Users can browse through books and a display of national art and download digital audio and video files. The 24-hour facility also features seats with iPads and 14 lounge chairs.

Lufthansa is one of the airlines which launched a self-boarding process in early 2008, one of the pioneers with SAS. Let us take a look how it works : When you are travelling with etix® – Lufthansa’s electronic ticket– and have received a boarding pass with a printed barcode, you have the option of boarding your [...]

Last September, we wrote about Planeshop, an innovative new airport retail concept developed by the pop-up retail pioneers who launched Vacant. Planeshop’s principle is simple: it lets different brands take turns running its permanent store. Now, 11 months later, Planeshop is opening in a former departure lounge at Glasgow Airport. The first brand on rotation at Planeshop is [...]

Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, soon to become the world’s largest airport, may use ‘one-stop’ processing to get travellers in and out of aircraft more quickly. The airport’s operator has trialled Siemens technology that allows passengers to pass through check in, customs, immigration and security screening in one place rather than going to different parts [...]

“Where to go maps” is an innovative company dedicated in creating value in maps by providing an illustrated, artistic, and interactive guide with fairly generalized layouts and literature that can supply the underserved travel map industry. They intend to be the first traveler friendly globalized mapping system, making appealing, easy to use maps that will [...]

Transnational reports that despite a host of challenges, airlines, airports and governments likely will develop more biometric identity programs, according to experts. Travelers, especially those flying from one country to another, could be the prime beneficiaries of expedited check-in, baggage checks, security screening and boarding at departure airports, and passport processing at arrival airports. Passenger [...]

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Qantas today announced it had worked closely with Marc Newson in the design of its new Next Generation Check-in experience, which will launch in Perth next week. Qantas Executive Manager Customer Experience, Ms Alison Webster, said the Next Generation Check-in elements had been developed with Qantas Creative Director Marc Newson, who provided creative direction on [...]

Ridepenguin helps travellers reduce costs and emissions by sharing taxi rides to or from the airport. Users start off on the free service by indicating which airport they’re going to, when, and from what part of town. Ridepenguin then estimates how much money and emissions would be saved if the traveller shared a ride, and [...]