Case study · In-flight entertainment & shopping · 2022

AirAsia AIRFLIX

A cinema, a shop and a kitchen, at 35,000 feet with no internet.

SugarBox Networks × AirAsiaDirector of Design7 services2022

The brief

Seven services, one seat.

SugarBox’s network, white-labelled for AirAsia flights, from boarding to deboarding.

Food, movies, TV shows, shop, cabs, games and podcasts
WATCHMovies & TVMovies and TV shows from our content partner, Zee5.
SHOPD2C brandsMan Matters, Bolt and Mulmul, end to end.
ORDEROn-board foodFrom AirAsia’s on-board food catalogue.
PAYFour waysTata Neu coins, Amazon Pay, Simpl, or Pay to Crew.

The problem

Built for no internet. Needing it everywhere.

Every step of the old journey quietly depended on a connection.

Play Store listing
INSTALLNeeds data to download the app
Location permission screen
LOCATIONNeeds data to find the zone
Payment method screen
PAYMENTSNeeds data to link a wallet

Two solutions

Where the design does the work.

Captive portalHomepageMovies
01 · CONNECT & DISCOVERJoin, then land on the good stuff.A captive portal gets you connected; the homepage puts food, movies and shopping in reach.
Food and beveragesFood item detailCart
02 · ORDERFrom craving to cart.Browse the menu, open an item, add it, then add seat details.

The screens

Six finals.

Pick a screen.

Captive portal
01 / 06Captive portalYou are successfully connected.

Under the hood

Flows before pixels.

Task flow explorations
01Task flows
Heuristic evaluation of the previous experience
02Heuristic review
Visual QA board
03Visual QA
The live product on a tablet
04Live on board

Try it

Prototype, then live.

The clickable flow, and the review video.

AIRFLIX · PROTOTYPEOpen the prototype

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