SATS LAUNCHES READY TO TRAVEL – A PREDICTIVE MOBILE TRAVEL CONCIERGE

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The app provides travellers with predictive advice for
stress-free travel

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Real-time point-to-point airport advisory to guide
users around the airport

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In-app purchase of pocket WiFi services, insurance and
over 10,000 attractions across 90 countries

Singapore, 11 August 2017 – SATS Ltd. (SATS), Asia’s leading
provider of Gateway Services and Food Solutions, announced the launch of Ready To Travel, a mobile travel
concierge, at NATAS Fair today. The app will be available for download on Apple
App Store and Google Play.

Ready To Travel
is an important step by SATS into the digital future of ground handling and is
in line with SATS vision to feed and connect Asia with quality, safe food and
seamless connectivity.  The app is
targeted at the fast growing millennial traveller segment in Asia.  With Ready
To Travel, SATS can support the traveller from pre-trip to on-trip,
providing seamless digital connectivity with its existing physical ground
handling touchpoints. Through this platform, SATS can connect its partners and
own suite of services such as lounges to provide Next-Generation ground
handling services to passengers of its airline customers.

Alex Hungate, SATS President and Chief Executive
Officer, said, “We are proud to launch Ready
To Travel, the latest in a series of innovative products and services from
SATS that help our customers to become more competitive.  The millennial generation is now entering the
peak of their careers and they are disrupting the travel industry and changing
the way people travel.  With Ready To Travel, SATS becomes the first
ground handler to offer a seamless service that integrates the physical and
digital aspects of the customer experience.”

Ready To Travel
aims to be the personal travel concierge that provides travellers with an
enriching, seamless and hassle-free travel experience.

Users can use the app to:

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Receive
notifications on the go

As users move in their journey
timeline from pre-trip to near-trip to on-trip, they will be prompted with
vital travel information such as time to the airport, travel check-in time,
boarding gate time, passport renewal, and visa applications.

Singaporeans can now also
eRegister with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Singapore using Ready To Travel. The app also pushes travel notices and advisories to

Singaporean travellers that are
specific to their countries of destination.

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Getting through
the airport with real-time point-to-point airport advisory

A unique feature of the app is
the ability to navigate your way through the airport with real-time
point-to-point directional information.
Instead of a static map, users will be guided through the airport in
real-time.  At launch, users will be able
to use this feature in four airports – Singapore Changi Airport, Bangkok
Suvarnabhumi Airport, Tokyo Narita Airport and Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Airport. SATS
will add more airports in the coming months.

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Stay connected

Catering to the need for
millennial travellers to stay connected, Ready
To Travel offers the added convenience of allowing users to purchase pocket
WiFi services and have it delivered to their homes before their trips.  With WiFi connectivity extending to 50
countries, users will be sure to stay connected throughout their travels.

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Enjoy peace of
mind and a host of great deals all year round

In addition, users can also
access other travel essentials via the app such as insurance, access to SATS
Premier Lounges and other services.

Said Leo Costes, Managing Director, General Insurance, AXA
Insurance, “By providing users of Ready
To Travel with a simple, direct way of purchasing insurance during their
trip planning phase, we complement their digital user experience by being
present exactly where and when they need us.
Through our partnership with SATS, we are setting a new standard in the
digital insurance space, delivering insurance coverage seamlessly so millennial
travellers can focus on what matters most to them – their trip experience.”

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Plan your own
unique travel experience

Users can choose from a
comprehensive selection of more than 10,000 attractions to build an itinerary
and share it with friends.  They can also
book these adventures via the app.
Working with tourism boards, travel agencies and travel bloggers, Ready
To Travel has travel experience to offer travellers looking for gastronomical
adventure, great outdoors or luxury travel.

“Put
together by travellers for travellers, Ready
To Travel App is providing travellers with a convenient one stop travel
advisory, as well as generate the impetus to purvey great travel content
worldwide. Taiwan Tourism board is pleased to support travel players such as
Ready To Travel in the development of a strong pipeline of differentiated
travel related services and content” Said Dr Trust H.J. Lin, Director of Taiwan
Tourism Bureau.