German Airline Hahn Air issues first blockchain-based tickets

Hahn Air announced Monday it has issued the first airline tickets enabled by blockchain technology, in partnership with Winding Tree, an open-source travel distribution platform. Blockchain, which first emerged as the system powering bitcoin, is a shared database maintained by a network of computers. Hahn Air flew passengers holding blockchain-powered tickets Monday on its scheduled flight from Dusseldorf to Luxembourg. "For us, it is important to look into the future to understand how can we make distribution faster," Jörg Troester, Hahn Air's head of corporate strategy and govt & industry affairs, said. He added that after the flight, the airline will analyse the details of how things worked for the first blockchain ticket and look into ways on how to commercialise it. <br/>