Airline

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News / Online

Airlines expressed economic concern. Should online travel giants be worried?

By Morgan Hines | March 27, 2025

Wall Street and travel industry analysts weigh in on how factors such as trade wars, economic woes and travel warnings could impact consumers' desire to travel. Read More

News / Technology

Bolt introduces flight tracking for airport pickup

By Morgan Hines | March 26, 2025

Bolt has added the capability for users to input their flight details so airport pickups can be automatically adjusted if arrival times change. Read More

News / Technology

Asia’s full rebound meets AI revolution: Leapfrogging into the future

By Yeoh Siew Hoon - WiT | March 26, 2025

For Schubert Lou, chief operating officer at Trip.com, 2025 marks a defining moment for the travel industry, given the full return of Asia and AI acceleration. Read More

News / Technology

Perplexity partners with Selfbook, Tripadvisor to offer hotel booking

By Morgan Hines | March 25, 2025

Users can make a natural language query for hotels with Perplexity, and the platform can then surface relevant, bookable properties based on Selfbook data and reviews from Tripadvisor. Read More

News / Technology

IATA calls for accelerated adoption of digital ID to improve security, operational efficiency

By Morgan Hines | March 24, 2025

IATA said it is “widely accepted” among industry leaders that digital identity can bring benefits, including stronger document integrity, building global trust and providing operational efficiency. Read More

News / Technology

PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: DerbySoft, Ixigo, UATP, Veltra and more...

By PhocusWire | March 21, 2025

Keep up with all the latest people, partner and product news from around the global travel industry. Read More

News / Technology

Concur to get generative AI assistant from SAP

By Morgan Hines | March 19, 2025

SAP Concur also revealed it has expanded its partnership with American Express to launch real-time authorization data capability, alongside a number of other announcements. Read More

News / Technology

Lufthansa's AI assistant Swifty pilots with SWISS, plots next steps

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2025

The pilot offers website users the option to book their flight using AI alongside traditional search. Read More

Opinion / Technology

2025 is the year AI agents will transform airline shopping

By Rick Seaney - 3Victors | March 18, 2025

Consumers, not companies, will be the real drivers of the agent change as they quickly embrace readily available free online tools more quickly than any airline can. Read More

News / Technology

Virgin Atlantic partners with Joby for U.K. electric air taxi service

By Linda Fox | March 17, 2025

The companies hope to offer zero-emission, short-range journeys across the UK, starting with regional and city connections from Virgin Atlantic’s hubs at Heathrow and Manchester airports. Read More

News / Technology

Air France-KLM partners with Accenture for cloud move

By Linda Fox | March 12, 2025

The multi-year initiative sees the airline group move applications from its three existing data centers in a bid to improve operations and increase agility. Read More

News / Startups

British Airways-parent IAG plans €200M investment in airline innovation

By Morgan Hines | March 11, 2025

The corporate venture branch will invest the funding over the next five years, focused primarily on early-stage opportunities. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Arcube helps fliers convert loyalty points to ancillaries

By Morgan Hines | March 11, 2025

Arcube's platform also works to analyze a passenger’s travel history, market data and other factors to predict and increase the likelihood of a passenger returning to an airline. Read More