JetBlue’s Air Travel Gifting App Skyhour

NEW YORK: JetBlue Airways’ corporate venture and JetBlue Technology Ventures has invested in an air travel gifting platform, named Skyhour. This is the next-generation gifting platform for air travel which has launched in order to revolutionize the way people gift and receive flight hours.

Skyhour will enable anyone to gift air travel for just $60 an hour. This will inspires endless travel possibilities to destinations all around the world.

This involves two investors i.e. JetBlue Airways and its corporate venture subsidiary, JetBlue Technology Ventures which are partners with early stage startups at the intersection of technology and travel.

As per the statement of Fernando Camara (Skyhour Co-Founder and CEO), “Skyhour is the gift that moves you. It is for people who believe the best gifts in life are intangible.” He added, “By gifting hours through Skyhour, you are giving someone the opportunity to realize a travel dream, no matter how big or small, regardless of the destination.”

Skyhour is founded in the year 2016 and it offers a seamless and effective way to gift flights. One skyhour represents one hour in the sky which is worth $60 an hour. The recipients of Skyhour can easily book their flights on any of the 350 international and domestic airlines by using the app or through website.

David Nogueira (Skyhour Co-Founder and CTO) also stated that “The digital space for air travel has been struggling to keep up with the pace of technology – Skyhour is a welcome push to the industry that will help make gifting travel seamless and enjoyable.”

Bonny Simi (JetBlue Technology Ventures President) said, “We are always on the lookout for innovative concepts and ideas that have the potential to transform aspects of how we travel.”

Passengers can easily purchase Skyhours through the app or from their official website. Currently, the app is available for iOS devices only as the Android version is in development.

ABOUT SKYHOUR:

Basically, Skyhour is the next generation gifting platform for air travel that offer an easy and smart way to give an hour in the sky to anyone on 350 airlines. Through this, anyone can gift or book the flight of their choice, within a minute. Plus, they do not need to face much restriction.

 

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