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Alaska Airlines will remove kiosks, install iPads, and use facial recognition to streamline lobbies

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. A rendering of a revamped Alaska Airlines lobby. This is part of a broader trend in the industry. Currently, about 70% of passengers check in beforehand. Alaska wants to get that close to 100%.

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American Airlines will resume booking flights to capacity, as COVID-19 cases soar

The Verge

American Airlines will soon remove the booking limits it placed on flights back in April. American Airlines will resume booking its flights to capacity starting July 1st, the company has announced. The airline industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with passenger numbers plummeting.

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Product-based IT fuels Lufthansa’s digital CX transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Like many airlines, Lufthansa Group had its business upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, with travel bans proliferating, the airline suffered losses of €1 million per hour. That is a trend that started much before the crisis, but it has accelerated significantly,” he says. Self-service is now much more important.”

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Mastercard will pay $850M to acquire identification startup Ekata, which spun out of Whitepages

GeekWire

Ekata’s background: The company sells identity verification products to help more than 2,000 businesses such as Postmates, Alaska Airlines, and Lyft discern between good and bad actors. The news: Financial giant Mastercard announced today that it will acquire Seattle startup Ekata for $850 million. billion last month.

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9 insights into the future of air travel in a post-coronavirus world

Trends in the Living Networks

The airline industry will consolidate. As Warren Buffett has pointed out , airlines’ demand for capital is insatiable, and the capital many airlines will require to remain afloat in coming months and years will simply not be available. The cost of travel will rise. Travel protocols will change.

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The jobs Americans want

Vox

That trend has more recently been dubbed the Great Reshuffling to better illustrate how, in addition to leaving the workforce entirely, many Americans simply are moving to other jobs. Lots of the trending jobs make sense for a career change, since many offer a lot of bang for your buck — that is, money for the time spent training.