Passport-free travel and eco-friendly planes: How travel is changing - with Air NZ's Mike Williams

Passport-free travel and eco-friendly planes: How travel is changing - with Air NZ's Mike Williams

Trip Notes · 2025-05-12

For decades, passports have been our main form of identification when travelling between countries.

But within only a few years, we could soon see physical passports become a thing of the past, and move onto our phones alongside our boarding passes.

And it's not the only way the industry is changing. From green-friendly planes to different types of seating, air travel as we know it is changing.

To discuss the state of the industry, this week Lorna is joined by Air New Zealand Chief Transformation and Alliances Officer, Mike Williams, to talk through the changes, and how Air New Zealand is recovering from the pandemic. 

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