PARIS, May 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — airfree, the French startup that created the first inflight duty-free product marketplace, received support from its first round business angels, Shiseido, and the Starburst accelerator, for a total amount of €2.3 million. airfree has just taken a new step towards marketing its solution to airlines companies, with the validation of a technical Proof of Concept, in partnership with Singapore Airlines’ Krislab program.
airfree has developed an e/m-commerce platform, which deeply transforms the experience of selling products inflight thanks to digital technology. By making airport’s product & services available up in the air, the global offer is dedicated to boost the sales of airport duty-free retailers, increase airline revenues with an end-to-end solution by reducing satellite connectivity related costs, with a simple and optimized user experience for passengers.