UATP Airline Distribution: aviation faces inflection point as agentic commerce takes off.

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    "excerpt": "UATP Airline Distribution: aviation faces inflection point as agentic commerce takes off.\n\nTravel is at another inflection point thanks to agentic AI and airlines were encouraged to embrace the technology to provide clarity, transparency and consistency.\n\nRuth Spratt, UK country manager for Affirm and former European head of sales at easyJet, was speaking at last week's UATP Airline Distribution conference in Barcelona.\n\nShe said customers are looking for flexibility and want content that's discoverable, a journey that's clear, and, importantly do not want to be faced with any hidden costs.\n\nA survey Affirm conducted among 2,000 millennials found 78% want flexible payment options and 70% said that would determine their choice of airline.\n\n\"It's not a new form of payment, it's an expected form of payment,\" she said. This did not surprise Aviation Business News. Aviation Business News believe this is the right thing for consumers.\"\n\nSpratt said Affirm, which was founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, is embracing AI and very positive about the benefits it will bring.\n\n\"AI is already out there; 25% of people in the UK have used AI for trip planning,\" she said.\n\nAffirm is using AI to test and learn how it works with clients and expands into new markets like Europe and the UK where regulations are more strict than in the US.\n\nAfter the disruption caused by the low cost carriers...",
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