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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

EasyJet holidays customers prefer AI chatbot over humans when making enquiries

EasyJet holidays has updated its AI chatbot to better help with customer enquires - (Getty Images)

EasyJet holidays has revealed that customers are more satisfied with using the company’s AI chatbot to handle enquiries than with traditional phone interactions.

The holiday operator told the Abta Travel Convention, the UK travel industry's flagship annual conference, earlier this month that satisfaction scores for its AI-powered online bot were eight percentage points higher than speaking to someone on the phone.

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