Inflight Retail and Ancillary Revenue, AI-Powered
Put AI to Work for Your Inflight Experience
Sell More at 35,000 Feet
Boost ancillary revenue with AI-driven retail, offline PoS, and seamless reconciliation of inventory and payment
Patented Offline Card Fraud Detection
Detects and blocks card fraud even without live connectivity.
Automated IROP Handling System
Identifies disruptions and automates rebooking and alerts.
Barcode-Based Inventory Reconciliation
Links products and payments to eliminate mismatches
Automated Inflight Retail Uplift Estimation
Predicts demand to reduce excess weight and waste.
Patent-Pending Offline Card Fraud Detection
Over 50% Reduction in Declined Transactions: The system significantly improves transaction success rates, ensuring better customer experience and fewer post-flight disputes.
Increased Revenue Assurance: By preventing fraudulent or invalid cards from being accepted, airlines can reduce revenue leakage and losses due to chargebacks.
Operational Simplicity: The solution integrates seamlessly with Forthcode’s platform and works across various inflight hardware and software configurations.
Industry Relevance: As ancillary revenue becomes critical for airlines, secure offline payment capabilities become a core enabler for inflight retail growth.
FAQs
How can Forthcode’s inflight digital platform, help Carriers?
We are tailored to solve key challenges:
- Optimized Uplift Planning – Accurate stock estimation using data-driven forecasting that accounts for IROPs (Irregular Operations).
- Pilferage Reduction – Intuitive reconciliation processes reduce shrinkage and improve accountability.
- Ancillary Revenue Boost – Dedicated modules like inflight upgrades, bundled offers, and curated sales recommendations drive new revenue streams.
How is Forthcode reducing card fraud inflight without internet?
We have a patent-pending proprietary algorithms that detect and prevent card fraud in offline environments.
These AI-based fraud detection methods can prevent over 50% of common offline transaction failures by validating BINs, card behavior patterns, and historical usage rules - all without needing real-time connectivity.
What airline systems does Forthcode integrate with?
We integrate with:
- Passenger Service Systems (PSS)
- Crew Rostering Systems
- ERP Platforms
This ensures seamless operations across the airline's digital infrastructure.
How does Forthcode improve ancillary revenue?
We offer specialized ancillary revenue modules, including:
- Inflight seat upgrades
- Lounge in the Sky (premium service experience)
- Sales recommendation engine powered by AI
With the right implementation, airlines have achieved up to 200% growth in ancillary revenue.
How does Forthcode optimize uplift?
We combine data from your PSS, crew rostering systems, SSR pre-bookings, and contextual flight data (time of day, day of week, seasonal demand) to create highly accurate uplift plans.
This minimizes overstocking and understocking, leading to cost savings and better inflight service availability.
How long does it take to implement Forthcode?
We can go live in 10 days from contract signing.
All we require is the required master data using our templates are avilable and API access
What reporting does Forthcode provide?
The platform delivers real-time dashboards for sales, inventory, crew performance, denied demand, and wastage - per flight and across fleets.
What kind of support and training is included?
Forthcode offers end-to-end support, including onboarding, documentation, crew training, and ongoing technical assistance.
Forthcode In-flight Transformations
Forthcode is for airline innovators. Our creative, global team is passionate about building tools that airline operations and maximize revenue.
15K
SSR per day
700
Flights per day
2x
Ancillary revenue
40K
Fraud blocks per month
15%
Less Catering Cost
Leadership Team
Globally Since 2016
Forthcode Technologies Nederland BV
Herengracht 449 A
1017 BR
Amsterdam
Netherlands, 1017
Forthcode Technologies India Private Limited
43, WeWork Galaxy
Residency Rd, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar
Bengaluru
Karnataka, 560025
India
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Forthcode empowers airlines to modernize inflight retail and catering with AI-driven insights, seamless offline functionality, and rapid deployment. From boosting ancillary revenue to reducing waste and simplifying crew workflows, Forthcode delivers measurable impact - fast, scalable, and built for the realities of flight.
