Successful airlines have always utilized their proprietary data for a competitive advantage. As COVID-19 has upended the world, harnessing such data streams has become more essential than ever. We sat down with Rob Ranieri, global industry offering leader for Travel and Transportation at IBM, to...
What business models and strategies promise the biggest likelihood of success for airlines as well as F&B and travel retail stakeholders in post-COVID-19 world? How can airlines generate revenue after the crisis? And what role do airports, marketing, Omnichannel and digitalization in general play in...
It is hopefully a short-lived Normal, but currently, it is the new Normal: airlines and airports are facing an unprecedented cessation of traffic on a global scale, often at 95 % or even higher of passenger volumes. As of April 2020, Cirum reported an estimated...
The economic impact of COVID-19 has exacerbated existing challenges for the travel industry, while adding significant new pressures. A lack of visibility and predictability over payment flows, long settlement periods, a lack of automation as well risk associated with data protection and fraud have long...
By Dee K. Waddell, Global Managing Director, Travel & Transportation Industries at IBM “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most adaptable to change.” –attributed to Charles Darwin The experience of governmental lockdowns, self-isolation, quarantines, social distancing and other...
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world as we know it. It has shaken the global economy into thinking differently and has placed tremendous pressures on the travel sector to reinvent itself. An industry that’s celebrated for bringing people together is now contemplating social distancing measures,...
In the unprecedented drama of the current business climate it is crucial to remember that, as airlines focus on fleet reconfigurations and staffing cuts, the response they make now will radically influence their future performance. The cost-cutting strategies that are crucial today must be complemented...
Nathalie Stubler, CEO of Transavia France joined us at the World Aviation Festival in 2019 and sat down with J.L.S Consulting’s John Strickland, to discuss how Transavia France has continued to deliver sustainable growth in a turbulent European market. Download the...
by Judson Rollins FEBRUARY 21, 2020 This article originally appeared on Kambr Media – check out this link and more for the latest news on the intersection of commercial aviation and tech. “Unsurprisingly, airlines in Hong Kong and Macau are most immediately impacted by China’s struggles with coronavirus. Hong Kong’s...
by Lauryn Chamberlain FEBRUARY 25, 2020 This article originally appeared on Kambr Media – check out this link and more for the latest news on the intersection of commercial aviation and tech. “Airlines were initially social media punching bags when these tools first came out; complaining was a way to...