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71% of Airlines See Mobile as the Future of Airline Payments

The Realtime Report

Mobile and social media will be a focus for airlines over the next few years, according to a recent survey from airline payment processing company WorldPay. A whopping 83% of airlines believe that improvement and deployment of new payment technology is a major business priority. photo: Wikipedia Commons.

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Which Airlines Are Most Responsive On Twitter?

The Realtime Report

Which airline brands are the most responsive on Twitter? New data from SocialBakers looks at the difference between the amount of answered and unanswered questions – on Twitter only – among major airlines. American Airlines is well in the lead, with 9,058 questions answered.

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Facebook Updates Travel Ads to Help Airlines Reach More Prospective Customers

Social Media Today

Facebook has updated its Travel Ads offering with a new airline specific addition to help target prospective passengers.

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Turkish Airlines Video Ad Tops 100 Million Views

The Realtime Report

Turkish Airlines’ viral video ad, featuring Kobe Bryant and Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, topped 100 million views on YouTube today. The Turkish Airlines spot was an immediate success, garnering over 4 million views within 1 day of the video’s YouTube launch on December 6th.

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KLM Lets You Book Flights Via Facebook and Twitter

The Realtime Report

Here’s another first for airlines: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now allowing customers to book flights and pay via social media. A customer on Facebook or Twitter can now book or rebook a flight, reserve a seat, arrange extra baggage, and pay through the social networking platform.

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How to use Facebook Messenger for business

Sprout Social

billion users every month, Messenger can be an invaluable Facebook feature for your business. According to a Facebook-commissioned study , 61% of U.S No wonder brands are already taking advantage of Facebook Messenger to connect with their customers frequently, exchanging 20 billion messages each month. With over 1.3

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United Airlines: Principle Over People & Profits…Was It Worth It?

Myrland Marketing

Unless you’ve been stranded on a remote island for a few weeks, you are well aware of the incident on United Airlines that resulted in a passenger being forcibly removed from the plane. As ugly as that incident was, and that word doesn’t do it justice, the response from the airline matched it. Every airline does it.