Star Alliance Looking to New Start-Ups for the Future
Airline alliance Star Alliance is partnering with the world’s largest start-up accelerator and innovation center. Plug and Play, a based in the iconic Silicon Valley, and the global airline alliances have agreed to a cooperative relationship. A start-up accelerator is…
EasyJet Launches Skill on Amazon Alexa
As of June 26, 2017, easyJet announced that it has launched a 'skill' on Amazon Alexa, becoming the first European airline to do so. A 'skill' is a program built in to Amazon Alexa that allows users to interact with…
U.S. Airlines Look to Enhance Customer Experience Using Biometrics
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and New York-based JetBlue Airways have announced that they will start to test biometric boarding at selected airports in the U.S. The move comes in an effort to continue with industry trends to increase security while…
Large Carriers Begin to Embrace the Apple Watch
Whether or not early reviewers favorably view the Apple Watch, 2.3 million customers with pre-orders have left major international airlines competing to create the best app available for the new device. A long list including American Airlines, Delta, United, JetBlue,…