The partnership is a first for the Italian travel market and is expected to boost passenger numbers via Milan Bergamo Airport (Italy’s 3rd largest in terms of both passengers and freight).
LONDON – Kiwi.com, the global travel technology provider and pioneer in implementing state-of-the-art technological solutions, announced its partnership with Milan Bergamo Airport, unveiling an own-brand stopover product called “Bergamolynk”.
The partnership is a first for the Italian travel market and is expected to boost passenger numbers via Milan Bergamo Airport (Italy’s 3rd largest in terms of both passengers and freight). The Bergamolynk stopover product will enhance the experience for Kiwi.com customers travelling through the airport. The new partnership will offer benefits such as; fast tracking, baggage assistance and additional duty-free enhancements.
Kiwi.com’s proprietary “Virtual Interlining” capabilities provide solutions for the ever-increasing trend that currently sees more than 40% of global passengers by-passing traditional booking practices in favour of creating their own itineraries, stopovers and transfers.
Milan Bergamo Airport expects to see a notable increase in passengers as Kiwi.com expands its offering to their global customer base, which increased by 88% in the last year. Tens of millions of searches daily are carried out on Kiwi.com for global flights. The Milan Bergamo Airport partnership adds to a list of European airports working alongside Kiwi.com in offering a unique Hosted Stopover Program to their customers.
Giacomo Cattaneo, Director of Commercial Aviation at Milan Bergamo Airport said "We are pleased to have launched Bergamolynk, our stopover program at BGY airport. This will undoubtedly attract even more passengers to our airport and on our flights. The benefits that this Kiwi.com partnership brings will give a much richer experience to users throughout the booking process and their experiences when at the airport. Kiwi.com, is a natural partner for us, an organization at the cutting edge of travel technology, who will ensure that we too are kept at the forefront of airport, booking innovation and technological advances. By 2020 the airport will have expanded to accommodate over 20 million passengers”.
Zdenek Komenda, Chief Business Development Officer at Kiwi.com said “Our latest partnership announcement with Milan Bergamo Airport adds several innovative features that we’ve been developing recently, our relentless focus being on improving the customer experience. Customer satisfaction and delight are always at the heart of our technological efforts, and we are delighted to partner with Milan Bergamo Airport to improve the airport experience.”
Using Kiwi.com’s unique algorithms, machine learning capabilities and data insights, passengers from over 150 countries are now able to access more than 3,650 unique flight combinations, across both full service and low-cost airlines, for travel via Milan Bergamo Airport.
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