“Hahn Air” Issues First Blockchain-Enabled Tickets
German airline ‘Hahn Air’ on Monday declared it had issued the first airline tickets empowered by blockchain technology, in collaboration with ‘Winding Tree,’ an open-source travel distribution platform. Hahn Air provides scheduled and charter flights in Europe. The first blockchain passengers included ‘Maksim Izmaylov,’ Founder of Winding Tree, ‘Dave Montali’, CIO of Winding Tree, & ‘Frederick Nowotny,’ Head of Sales Engineering of Hahn Air. Apart from being an airline, Hahn Air is also a distribution solution for travel agents. Employing the Winding Tree platform, Hahn Air can manage the reservation requests, list inventory, manage the reservation requests, and accept payments once the booking process is succeeded. The airline accepts cash, credit card, cryptocurrency, (either the lif token or ether) as a mode of payment. Pedro Anderson’, Winding Tree’s Chief Operating Officer, and co-founder added “One of the aspects that we are emphasizing on our side is the diffi