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Air New Zealand Plans to Test Blockchain Integration With Its Reservation System

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Dennis Schaal

Skift Take

Anyone remember Google Wave? Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, TUI, and a whole bunch of investors and techies are betting that blockchain fulfills a lot of promise and exhibits a ton more staying power than previously-hyped technologies that didn't hang around very long.

Air New Zealand became the second airline, after Lufthansa, to announce its consideration of blockchain technology to enhance its distribution efforts. Although this is at a very preliminary stage, a spokesperson for Swiss-based Winding Tree, which hopes to build a blockchain-based distribution platform for airlines, said Air New Zealand plans to

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