Digital newsstand firm Magzter, in collaboration with Airport & Aviation Companies Sri Lanka has carried out a contactless and paperless digital studying expertise at Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport and Jaffna Worldwide Airport.
This can allow the airports to supply passengers over 8,000 magazines, newspapers, journals and comics at no cost whereas they’re touring. Passengers can obtain the Magzter app from the Apple Retailer or Google Play to get free limitless studying entry inside these geo-fenced zones, eliminating the necessity for a subscription. When they’re on the airport, they’ll open the Magzter app, go to “SRZ” tab, grant location permission for the app and get free limitless studying entry.
This initiative is meant to reinforce the passenger expertise by offering entry to 1,000s of standard magazines and newspapers spanning over 40 classes, together with automotive, enterprise, comics, leisure, vogue, well being, way of life, information, politics, science, sports activities, know-how and journey. Passengers may obtain their favourite titles whereas on the airport and entry them offline through the flight.
Whereas Magzter’s catalog options a number of regional Sri Lankan titles like Enterprise As we speak, Lanka Girl, Discover Sri Lanka, Sirikatha, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Day by day Mirror and The Island, it additionally supplies an array of content material for vacationers from key tourist-inflow international locations to Sri Lanka, together with India, the UK, the USA, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Among the world titles accessible on Magzter embody Time journal, Newsweek, Automotive & Driver, India As we speak, Filmfare, Enterprise Normal, Hiya!, T3, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, GQ, Her World, Forbes and Bangkok Submit amongst 1000s of others.
Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva, Sri Lankan Minister of Ports, Delivery and Aviation, mentioned, “When the aviation trade is worried, there are quite a lot of new developments going down on this planet. Digitalization of airports to offer an enhanced passenger expertise is a key issue that we’re involved about. Whereas we focus our consideration aggressively on digitalization processes, enhancing the passenger expertise by means of different attainable avenues is all the time thought-about by us. I’m very a lot delighted to see that our airports are partnered with world service suppliers and allow our passengers to expertise such sensible studying alternative whereas they’re on the transfer.”
Main Common Chandrasiri, chairman of Airport & Aviation Companies Sri Lanka, mentioned, “We because the Airport & Aviation Companies Sri Lanka Restricted are very a lot happy to introduce sensible studying zones at our essential gateway, Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport (BIA) in collaboration with Magzter Inc. This can improve the passenger expertise at our airport enabling the travellers to entry over 8,000 magazines and newspapers worldwide of their selection. Additional, we’re launching this service at Jaffna Worldwide Airport as nicely.”
Girish Ramdas, CEO of Magzter, mentioned, “We’re excited to ascertain South Asia’s first sensible studying airports, setting a brand new customary for the area. Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport and Jaffna Worldwide Airport are on the forefront of embracing digital innovation, and we’re proud to be their companion in offering an enticing and touch-free studying expertise for vacationers.”
Vijay Radhakrishnan, president of Magzter, mentioned, “As we proceed to increase our Good Studying Zones globally, we’re thrilled to companion with Bandaranaike Worldwide Airport and Jaffna Worldwide Airport in Sri Lanka. Our purpose is to reinforce the journey expertise by offering passengers with entry to an unlimited array of digital publications, catering to their various pursuits.”
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