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Airline Innovation Coverage

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Travel Technology

Executive Q&A: Accelerating the Airline Industry Through Digital Innovation

Airlines are leveraging technology that empowers employees to provide better customer experiences, which in turn drives profitability. But they shouldn’t be content only to solve today’s problems ​​— an integrated digital strategy is key to building the foundation for unique opportunities in the not-so-distant future.

IBM + Skift | 1 year ago

Executive Q&A: Accelerating the Airline Industry Through Digital Innovation
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Airlines

How Travel Companies Can Tap Into Airline Data to Understand Traveler Behavior

The travel industry creates a substantial amount of data, and connecting the dots to actually use it for business strategy hasn’t been so simple — until now. The Airline Reporting Corporation’s cloud-based data infrastructure is delivering real-time insights to help airlines, agencies, and destinations make better decisions.

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) + Skift | 2 years ago

How Travel Companies Can Tap Into Airline Data to Understand Traveler Behavior
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Airlines

Sabre’s Mike Reyes on Navigating the Future of Airline Retailing

Today’s airlines are challenged with maximizing revenue in the face of unpredictable booking patterns, widespread industry disruptions, and evolving traveler expectations. To stay competitive, they need to reconsider the travel retailing experience through the eyes of their customers and overcome limitations at key stages of the travel journey.

Sabre + Skift | 2 years ago

Sabre’s Mike Reyes on Navigating the Future of Airline Retailing
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Airlines

5 Digital Transformation Strategies to Improve the Air Travel Experience

By working with technology partners who understand the underlying systems required to solve digital transformation issues across large, complex, enterprise organizations, airlines can feel confident improving operational efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

IBM + Skift | 2 years ago

5 Digital Transformation Strategies to Improve the Air Travel Experience

Startups

The Problems in Mondee’s Plan to Go Public

The air travel aggregator is likely to get a $1 billion valuation in a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. But its disclosures are thin, and paint something less than a picture of certain success.

Skift | 2 years ago

The Problems in Mondee’s Plan to Go Public

Travel Technology

Could Airlines Sell Travel Better by Offering Playlists of Recommendations?

The future of selling flights won't look exactly like this. But Ricardo Pilon's ideas are helpfully provocative and may help the industry innovate.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Could Airlines Sell Travel Better by Offering Playlists of Recommendations?

Airlines

Aviation Insurers Hold Back on Afghanistan Flights After U.S. Troops Leave

Airline insurers want more security and proper air traffic control at Kabul's airport before restarting their coverage of commercial flights there. The concerns are understandable.

Carolyn Cohn and Noor Zainab Hussain, Reuters | 3 years ago

Aviation Insurers Hold Back on Afghanistan Flights After U.S. Troops Leave

Online Travel

British Airways Parent IAG Grew Its Travel Startup Accelerator Despite Crisis

You might have expected that the pandemic would prompt International Airlines Group (IAG) to pause its startup accelerator. But IAG's head of innovation, Dupsy Abiola, says the program gained momentum instead.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

British Airways Parent IAG Grew Its Travel Startup Accelerator Despite Crisis

Airlines

Air Taxi Makers Backed by United and Boeing Start Legal Dogfight

Dozens of companies are attempting to build air taxis, and this dispute between Archer and Wisk over patents and intellectual property won't be the last.

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters | 3 years ago

Air Taxi Makers Backed by United and Boeing Start Legal Dogfight

Airlines

Emirates Might Need to Raise Cash Unless Air Travel Picks Up

It's urgent the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates create a "travel bubble" as soon as public health allows. The route between Dubai and London had been the world's busiest international airline route before the crisis, and Dubai's Emirates could use that volume again soon.

Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | 3 years ago

Emirates Might Need to Raise Cash Unless Air Travel Picks Up