Airlines
Emirates unveils world-first robotic check-in assistant at DIFC
Emirates is set to launch a new City Check-in and Travel Store in the centre of Dubai’s thriving financial sector, giving consumers the convenience of booking travel, checking in for flights, dropping off luggage, shopping for travel necessities, and saving time at the airport. The cutting-edge facility, which is located in the prestigious ICD Brookfield Place in the DIFC, will start taking visitors on April 27.
The City Check-in and Travel Store, which is located in the financial district of Dubai, has a prime and premium location for busy professionals and enables customers to check their bags up to 4 hours before a flight, allowing them to arrive at the airport at their convenience. This is just one example of Emirates’ ongoing commitment to improving the customer experience.
Customers can visit the location and check in at any time between 8:00am and 10:00pm daily. They can start their travel experience with seamless service at self-check-in kiosks, at designated desks with Emirates agents or with Sara, the first check-in robot assistant in history.
Sara is a cutting-edge portable robotic check-in system that can recognise faces from scanned passports, register travellers, and direct them to the luggage drop location. The City Check-in and Travel Store is a stylish and roomy contemporary space that offers the chance to book tickets, browse travel goods, drop luggage and check-in. Paid valet parking and self-parking ensure an elevated, hassle-free check-in experience for Emirates passengers. It also features a striking 2.5 metre LCD screen showing the most recent destination content from Emirates, as well as additional screens showing an interactive touchscreen map.
Around the DIFC, visitors can enjoy a diverse range of services, shopping, world-class cuisine, and art galleries, including the extensive promenade at DIFCโs Gate Avenue.
Airlines
First Look: IndiGo Takes Delivery of A321neo with New Business Class
India’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo (6E), celebrated its 18th anniversary in August 2024 by announcing a major upgrade: a new Business Class product called “IndiGo Stretch.”
Now, the airline has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft fitted with these premium seats. Registered as VT-ICF, this first A321neo with the new configuration took off from Hamburg (XFW) at 6:06 PM local time, operating flight 6E9001.
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The launch route for IndiGoโs A321neo with IndiGo Stretch seats will be from Delhi to Mumbai, starting November 14, 2024. After this initial route, the airline plans to expand the offering across its network.
Airbus completed the final assembly of this special aircraft in Hamburg, where the A321neo Final Assembly Line is located. Enthusiastic planespotters got a sneak peek of the new IndiGo Stretch interior before the aircraftโs official delivery to India.
Tobias Gudat, a planespotter on X.com, captured images of the aircraft, still marked with its test registration, showcasing its fresh Business Class interior.
Adding a distinctive touch, each IndiGo aircraft featuring the Stretch product will have the slogan “IndiGo Means Business” displayed on the fuselage, signaling a new era of premium travel for the airline.
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IndiGo took delivery of the A321neo with the Stretch seats on October 30, 2024, coinciding with Airbus’s delivery of the world’s first A321XLR to Iberia.
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