APEX Insight: Seasonal shuttling newcomers WowAir and Norwegian are competing by flying passengers from the US, UK and Iceland to sunny getaways in California, Guadeloupe, Martinique and the Caribbean. Meanwhile, longtime winter leisure airlines are expanding their networks to Hawaii and Costa Rica. “Our loyal Bay Area travelers … have been asking for an island escape […]
APEX Insight: APEX Media caught up with Greg Apple of HelloGbye to hear about his company’s smartphone travel app launching early next year. The premise is an ambitious one – creating an app to transform even the most complicated travel itineraries into a simple and easy to understand step-by-step process. The technology will use SIRI-style […]
APEX Insight: FLIO is aiming to be the only airport app passengers will ever need. Instead of having to download an app for every airport on a flight with multiple connections, FLIO will serve as an all-in-one solution, including one-touch access to any airport Wi-Fi network. So far, the FLIO app has collected the data of 850 airports and 150 Wi-Fi setups. “We do those tedious login […]
This article originally appeared in The APEX EXPO Daily Experience – Day Two. Ariane van Manicus has elevated in-flight meal packaging with designs for KLM that imitate fine china and an aluminum food cover tinted turquoise forAriane van Manicus. But the owner of the Netherlands-based consultancy Now New Next is also inspired by the contents inside those containers, […]
This article originally appeared in The APEX EXPO Daily Experience – Day Two. APEX Insight: APEX Media caught up with Buzz Products, Linstol and Inflight Direct to get the latest on amenity kit market trends. “There is a desire for the kits to have a purpose beyond the plane,” explained Alena Kirzner, marketing director at Buzz. Facing this demand from passengers, airlines […]
The 2015 International Flight Services Association (IFSA) Exhibit Hall Chef’s Competition kicked off with all four chefs fighting for the title first working the red carpet as they made their way towards the stoves. Emcee Chef Bob Rosar introduced the chefs and showed them to their stations where each of them had one hour to prepare […]
The Airline Passenger Experience Association boasts an envious group of cutting-edge companies ranging from OEMs to Hollywood’s head honchos. During the APEX EXPO, we caught up with Tim Letheren, vice-president Advertising, PaxLife, to give you a glimpse behind the suits, ties and formalities and delve into the nuances the company’s story. PaxLife’s business model is […]
SITA OnAir – a telecommunications company offering a “nose-to-tail portfolio” of connectivity services – launched a new-generation in-flight Wi-Fi application and Inflight Wi-Fi Voucher API, compatible with beacon technology. François Rodriguez, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer said it was designed specifically to help airlines “personalize and contextualize the passenger experience.” The company, which functions as […]
APEX Insight: Tagging onto the Bring Your Own Device trend are passengers who are bringing their own food on board. Airport restaurants have taken notice, offering menu options like “onboard picnics” and boxed meals that are a step up from the average airline fare. Sure, airline food is not for everyone. Famous nurturer Martha Stewart is known to […]
APEX Insight: As the October deadline looms for US merchants to accept “smart cards,”or microchipped credit cards, many airlines are still undecided on what point-of-sales terminals to adopt. According to GuestLogix senior vice-president Craig Proud, the options exist, but the challenges faced by the industry are much more complex. While some airlines have accepted smart card payment onboard for years, early adoption was driven by the […]