ASL Airlines France is an airline belonging to the Irish group: ASL Aviation Holdings. This group owns 6 airlines based mainly in Europe.

The subsidiary ASL Airlines France is based at Roissy-CDG airport. This company carries more than 1,000,000 passengers per year in France but also to North African countries such as Tunisia, Morocco or Algeria.

In partnership with a traditional insurer, ASL did not offer travel insurance via its own purchase tunnel due to technical complexity. Travellers had to take out insurance on a dedicated platform. This configuration required additional steps that discouraged travelers from protecting their trip.

Another important challenge for the airline was how to offer a solution to their customers in case of cancelled or delayed flights, while relieving the burden on customer service.

In May 2020, ASL contacted Koala to address these issues and provide an optimal experience for customers looking to protect their travel.

From the outset, Koala has developed a fully automated insurance policy to deal with the inconvenience caused by the cancellation or delay of a flight.

By subscribing to this insurance, ASL customers benefit from an instant compensation up to 400€ in case of flight cancellation or delay of more than 3 hours. And this, without having to provide any proof.

The big plus:

• Insurance is available at the time of ticket purchase
• Thanks to real-time flight tracking, there’s no need to wait hours on the phone to receive compensation. Koala takes care of everything proactively!

In one year, ASL and Koala have introduced 4 products that meet different needs:

• Cancellation without justification and without reason, which allows you to cancel your ticket under any circumstances and obtain a 70% refund.
• Disrupted flight insurance, in case of flight cancellation and delay.
• And finally, Covid-19 and medical expenses insurance for European and non-European residents.

The implementation of fully automated products has allowed customer support to focus on high value customer requests and provide better service.