“The smart contract is the party that decides whether or not we should indemnify the policy holder and triggers a payment request to our system. The use of a smart contract to trigger claims will add trust in the insurer / policy holder relationship.”

Thanks Fred!

Source: AXA Is Using Ethereum’s Blockchain for a New Flight Insurance Product | CoinDesk

“IATA will issue virtual coins for payments between air companies. A blockchain will be used to register transactions. This technology will guarantee data security and lower the risks. Making payments directly without intermediaries will help airline carriers to reduce transaction time from weeks to minutes and minimise the costs,” the head of CryptoLab and CEO at the international fintech startup Lykke Sergey Ivliev told 59.ru.

Using the blockchain for mutual transactions would allow 10% reduction of air companies’ expenses due to minimised banking and currency exchange fees, according to the developers.

Source: Russia develops blockchain payment system for air transport | Coinfox

Gatechain develops solutions for trade finance on a decentralized network, providing a blockchain solution to business processes that have traditionally relied on paper as a main means to store and transport information.

Notably, this is not the first foray into blockchain tech for the IATA.

Source: Blockchain Startup Selected for Airline Trade Group Awards | CoinDesk

Blockchain technology may become a disruptive force that may revolutionise the airline industry. Blockchain has the potential to play a leading role in disrupting many facets of the way they nowadays do business. Airlines – a data intensive industry with complex procedures and requirements – will certainly benefit from paying attention to the new potentials available and therefore have to reckon with this new technology.

Source: Blockchain and the airline industry: ready for take-off?

The Blockchain Association of Ireland is forming an “Aircraft Leasing and Blockchain” industry working group in collaboration with its members to assess potential use cases of blockchain technology in the Aircraft Leasing industry and to determine the requirements of corporate members in relation to each use case.

Source: Aircraft Leasing and Blockchain – Blockchain Association of Ireland

1. What is it?
2. Aviation Use Cases
3. What’s next

Juan Iván MARTÍN, Head of Innovation FDS – Transformation | IATA

Source: IBM Airline Summit 2017 Blockchain Juan Ivan Martin

In 2016, airlines in Europe paid more than 5 billion Euros in compensation for flight delays or cancellations, and this number is growing exponentially. According to a report, the project aims to minimize money losses, as companies participating in the tourism industry will have mutual obligations, like those they have for the award miles programs. The cost of this new cryptocurrency will be lower than the declared value, which will allow carriers to save tens of millions of Euros annually.

Source: Blockchain-Based Cryptocurrency Used as Compensation for Flight Delays