Delta CEO Ed Bastian’s wide-ranging keynote last week rolled out all sorts of technological goodies, but there was only one that really caught my eye. PARALLEL REALITY is a technology that can project unique, personalized messages to a number of different people from the same exact screen. This sounds like … Read the post
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian gave a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Tuesday. Let that sink in for a minute. The idea that an airline would give a speech about technology on the world’s biggest technology stage would have been laughable just a few short years ago, … Read the post
It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for new regulations to go into effect. One of the big aviation-related regulations involves the required use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (only slightly less-awkwardly referred to as ADS-B) in the US. This may sound like some technical program that doesn’t matter … Read the post
Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson On Future Potential Applications for Blockchain in Travel
Welcome back to the second part of my discussion with Pedro Anderson, Founder and CEO of Winding Tree, the company that has partnered with Hahn Air. If you missed the first part, head back here to learn about the current application with Hahn Air as well as the general idea … Read the post
There are some things in the world that I just don’t understand, and one of those things is blockchain. I mean, I get it technically, but I find myself stuck on figuring out how it actually fits into the world of air travel in a meaningful way. Even though I … Read the post
Blockchain!
I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed to revolutionize the world… and be awesome… and fix everything… and… I dunno, cure cancer? Few people can explain it, and those who can have trouble explaining why … Read the post

A Hacker Exposed the Ancient Flaw That Makes Airlines So Hackable – Popular Mechanics
I missed this when it first happened, but apparently there was some glitch through El Al that allowed this guy to hack into passenger reservations on Amadeus. I went back and forth with the author in detail … Read the post
Let’s take a trip way back to February 2013. Right around the time that the American and US Airways merger was announced, I headed out to Florida for a media day with Farelogix. If you had told me then that just over five years later, the company would be … Read the post
Travelers have a love/hate relationship with inflight wifi, and that’s being kind. People want wifi on airplanes, but they want wifi that works. Wifi onboard is fairly common, but wifi that works well? Not so much. A recent test by Global Eagle and Telesat shows how there may be hope … Read the post
Thank you to Travelport Digital for sponsoring this post and pointing to a new report that the company has put out on the changing face of mobile apps in the travel sector. Here they’ve included a small snippet of the content of the report. You can follow the links below … Read the post
American rolled out a major new program on Friday that’s intended to encourage travel agencies/travel management companies to start booking flights differently than they do today. Airlines have long wanted to shake up the way their tickets are distributed, but this is the first time I can remember a major … Read the post
More than a year ago, Delta announced it was partnering with CLEAR, the company that allows you to cut to the front of the security line in exchange for providing biometric data (and paying for the service). Delta went so far to provide its Diamond elites with free membership. At … Read the post