PREDICTIONS: Join our experts on a trip into the future passenger terminal experience as they make 20 predictions for the next 20 years...

摘要

Going to the movies is easy. You make a booking, turn up at the cinema and sit in your seat. That's it. You don't have to tell the theater three times that you'll be there, and you don't have to get a separate ticket before you can sit down. Air travel is very different, but the basic question is still appropriate: Why can't we go through the current sequence of processes all at once? Simply buy a ticket, choose a seat, notify the carrier that you intend to bring a bag, and then print a bag tag at home. Then all you have to do at the airport is walk in, drop off a bag and get on the plane.