Future Flight Innovations

Flight future innovations

By Harriet James

Each decade brings a new innovation in the aviation industry as more and more players strive to ensure that the travelers are comfy. Here are some of the future innovations that will revolutionize the air travel.

No airline company The rise of the digital space will result in product offerings that cover the entire travel ecosystem. Some airlines like Air Asia are changing from just being a travel company to a tech company that owns an airline to become a digital fast clients. Other airlines like the Scandinavian Airlines have designed an AI travel assistant in everything from packing to booking.

2. Flying taxis The Airbus is busy with its own version of flying taxis but Uber too has announced plans to launch Uber Elevate which is a flying car and a more familiar ride sharing version called Uber Air by 2023.

3 Experience seeking clients Instead of being loyal to airline brands, passengers will shift their loyalty to those wth better experiences. Airlines must endeavor to create compelling value propositions with improved products and services if they desire to attract clients.

4. Rise of innovation labs This is one trend that is unsurprisingly on the rise in the aviation industry. The labs are relevant in ensuring that they are constantly researching on the relevant programs that disrupt their competitors.

5. Revitalize inflight retailing Currently, there are less people who buy anything inflight. With this figure declining yearly its high time airlines find another way of enticing their clients to purchase stuff. While some airlines have pulled off the duty free products, others are reinventing

themselves. For instance, the introduction of Airfree, a duty-free shopping app, that has stepped in to fill in the gap. It won the Aviation Festival’s Innovation Dragon’s Den, as judged by Finnair, SAS, Virgin Atlantic as well as Air New Zealand. The app can make offers bespoke to individual customers’ profiles and itineraries.

It also delivers a simple as well as convenient commission-based clickand-collect service and totally removes the need for a the unwieldy perfumestuffed duty-free trolley of old.

6. Free Wi-Fi

Many airlines are doing their best to ensure that the inflight wifi is free to all their passengers. For instance, Delta tested on 55 of its flAights this year and plans to increase the service in the coming months.

7. Airports that become tourist destinations

While many countries are planning to upgrade or construct new airports, some are being designed to become destinations themselves with indoor park, appealing restaurants, magnificentviews. In the US, there are some airports which allow citizens not travelling to just hang out and eat of course after passing through security.

8. Cutting down on plastic waste use

It’s not just the hotel industry that is keen on this. The aviation industry has also joined in the bandwagon with zero waste flights and the ban of plastic bottles.