Passengers at San Diego International (SAN) will soon be able to have airport restaurant and retail orders delivered to them at their gate.
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has selected AtYourGate to provide airport-wide passenger delivery service at SAN. In partnership with mobile ordering app Grab, AtYourGate will offer passengers the ability to order food or retail items via their phone and have the items brought to them at their gate.
Passengers will be able to choose from the entire landscape of food and retail items available at the airport. The service is currently in development with a public launch targeted for this summer.
“AtYourGate is thrilled to be partnering with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority to launch this new service that will provide the next level of positive passenger experience at San Diego International Airport,” said PJ Mastracchio, founder and CEO of AtYourGate.
The Grab app enables time-pressed travelers to pre-order restaurant and retail service items for pick-up. AtYourGate will take the service one step further by delivering items to busy travelers and flight crews while they wait at their gate.
“Grab is excited to partner with AtYourGate and bring mobile ordering and delivery to San Diego,” said Jeff Livney, chief experience officer at Grab. “We built the Grab platform to partner with innovative concepts in the airport and look forward to extending our product to include gate delivery.”
In addition to providing a valuable service for passengers, the mobile ordering and gate delivery program is expected to expand brand visibility of the airport’s concessions program.
“We continually seek to raise the bar on customer satisfaction, and one way we do that is by embracing new technologies that push the envelope,” said Rick Belliotti, director of innovation and small business development at SAN. “AtYourGate has the right formula to deliver a high-quality service that can change the way people experience air travel – a cornerstone of our Innovation Lab,” he added.
