Sponsoring the conversation, not the floor space
Passenger Terminal Expo has been part of Ink's story for nearly two decades. From our first showcase in Paris in 2006 to unveiling ‘Zero’ in Madrid last year, PTE has been where we mark milestones.
This year, we are back at PTE World 2026 as a gold sponsor. But you will not find us on the exhibition floor. That is a deliberate choice, and one that reflects where Ink is today.
Where we are in 2026
At PTE 2025, we introduced Zero: our vision for passenger processing without large, fixed infrastructure. Check-in, bag drop, identity verification, boarding — all running on intelligent software, on compact and flexible devices, without the kiosks and permanent installations that airports have relied on for decades.
Zero was not a concept. It became our product direction.
Today, Ink builds AI-enabled software that runs on minimal-footprint devices: mobile, tablet, whatever is already in the hands of agents and passengers. Everything that once required a kiosk the size of a refrigerator now fits in a pocket. Same capability, smaller footprint, faster to deploy and easier to scale.
That is the product. And it is why a large booth on an expo floor is not the right way to represent it.
Supporting the industry conversation
Sponsoring PTE 2026 is our way of continuing to invest in the community and the conversations that matter: around AI, digital identity, and what genuinely transformed passenger processing looks like. Those conversations are happening at the expo, in meetings, and increasingly beyond it.
We will be part of that conversation. Just not from behind a stand.
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