iPad takes the travel industry by storm. Tuesday, 6th July 2010 Source : TheTransitCafe

Everyone's doing something with the iPad - Let your fingers do the flying with MHkiosks.

Malaysia Airlines and the air transport IT specialist, SITA, have launched the world’s first self-service kiosks to sell airline tickets using the Apple iPad.

The versatile iPad. Courtesy of apple.com

The iPads come pre-installed with the Mhmobile app, which customers can se to book and pay for tickets, as well as to check in three simple steps – select the flights, make payment with a credit card and receive confirmation via SMS and email.

Customers can also use the MHkiosk to look up flight schedules, check on their flight status, choose their seats and search for deals and offers.

Malaysia Airlines Managing Director and CEO, Tengku Dato’ Azmil Zahruddin said the kiosks would help manage queues. “It will mean better queue management at our ticket offices during peak hours when customers can be re-directed to ‘stand-alone’ iPad MHkiosks.”

The new iPhone augmented reality application, MHdeals, will also be available online soon in the Apple AppStore and demonstrates, for the first time, how airlines can exploit the technology commercially as a new channel to customers for ticket sales.

Read the full story via the link below:

www.thetransitcafe.com/site/the_wrap/archives/2010/07/ipad_takes_the_1.php

WIT 2010: October 19-22 SUNTEC Singapore ~ www.webintravel.com