German Airline company, Hahn Air announced prominently significant news on Nov 18. As per the release, Hahn Air claims to be the first airline firm ever to <a href="https://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Hahn-Air-to-Issue-Airline-Tickets-Using-Blockchain-Technology">issue tickets on the blockchain</a>.

The ticket issuance with blockchain technology was made certain due to the association of decentralized platform, Winding Tree with Hahn Air. Fredrick Nowotny, head of sales engineering at Hahn Air, the founder of Winding Tree, Maksim Izmaylov were the first travelers who used blockchain-booked tickets. Along with them, CIO at Winding Tree, Davide Montali also availed the opportunity.

Commenting on the product, Nowotny stated the aim of the company is to"investigate and monitor the opportunities this technology holds for travel distribution, even if widespread acceptance is still a vision of the future.”
<h3>Blockchain Technology And Crypto Assets  Enter the Travel Industry</h3>
In recent years, blockchain tech and virtual currencies have made their way through the travel industry. At the beginning of November, United Kingdom-based travel firm, Alternative Airlines made a significant partnership with the cryptocurrency services, Utrust. The partnership was made to facilitate people with crypto payments. And in this concern, the currencies include are <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/crypto/extremely-rare-physical-bitcoin-btc-sold-on-ebay/">Bitcoin (BTC)</a>, Ether (ETH), Dash, DigibyBit (DGB) and Utrust's native token UTK.

At the end of October, a blockchain company, Zamna raised $5 million to automate airport security checks with blockchain and biometric tech. Further, Zamna claimed that International Airlines Group, Emirates Airlines and United Arab Emirates' General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affair are its clients now.

Moreover, the previous year, to encourage tourism vastly, Australian of Queensland's state government released a grant to the crypto company, TravelbyBit as part of approx $8.3 million of innovation funding. The company intends to grow the number of tourists to the province by enabling them to avail flight services using cryptocurrencies.

German Airline Firm Hahn Air provides Blockchain-Booked Tickets

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