Malaysia headquartered AirAsia Group set up an innovation center at its headquarters in Bangalore. The new center will design and create custom-built solutions for the group’s airline and digital businesses.
At the 52nd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, in June 2017, AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes spoke of AirAsia becoming a ‘digital airline’ and how technology could make travel simpler and hassle-free for passengers. “I’m very much in favor of getting rid of check-in counters and [am] looking at self-boarding. We are working on facial recognition, whereby passengers can board an aircraft using their face,” Fernandes said. “And that will cover people with plastic surgery as well,” he added.
“India is a source for innovation and cutting-edge technology, and offers us tremendous growth potential when it comes to our mission to develop an all-encompassing travel technology ecosystem,” said Aireen Omar, AirAsia Group’s deputy chief executive officer for technology and digital domains.
