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External programmers have had access to selected Lufthansa Group data via the Open API interface since 2015. Fares and catering inventory can be integrated into online services and travel apps. “Making this data available had huge symbolic value,” says Tritus. Just recently, access to booking functions was granted as well. So a provider who offers customers in Tokyo an evening in Paris by way of VR glasses and a fancy French meal could conceivably offer air tickets along with the dessert. “This could open up new, highly lucrative distribution channels for our company in the medium term,” Tritus prophesies. Investment possibilities could also arise: “If we notice that an app is doing very well, a Lufthansa investment might speed up the process and we would then participate in its growth.”
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