New Delhi: A major chunk of air travellers the world over are tech-savvy and are gradually getting hooked to using devices like smart watches and glasses to help them on their journey, a latest global survey has shown.
The survey carried out jointly by the Geneva-based aviation communication and IT firm Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) and aviation journal Air Transport World showed that nearly 77 per cent of the passengers surveyed would be comfortable using wearable technology to help them in their air travel.
The annual global survey, which sampled 6,277 passengers travelling through the world's top 30 airports, highlighted the growing importance of tech-savvy passenger. Almost every passenger, or 97 per cent of them, carried a smartphone, tablet or laptop when they flew and one in five travelled with all the three.
The passengers also wanted to be able to use technology at every point of the journey and many of them already do. While 76 per cent of them use airline apps, 43 per cent say this has made a definite improvement to their travel and planning the travel.
05/10/14 PTI/Deccan Chronicle
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The survey carried out jointly by the Geneva-based aviation communication and IT firm Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) and aviation journal Air Transport World showed that nearly 77 per cent of the passengers surveyed would be comfortable using wearable technology to help them in their air travel.
The annual global survey, which sampled 6,277 passengers travelling through the world's top 30 airports, highlighted the growing importance of tech-savvy passenger. Almost every passenger, or 97 per cent of them, carried a smartphone, tablet or laptop when they flew and one in five travelled with all the three.
The passengers also wanted to be able to use technology at every point of the journey and many of them already do. While 76 per cent of them use airline apps, 43 per cent say this has made a definite improvement to their travel and planning the travel.
05/10/14 PTI/Deccan Chronicle
