Airline Operations
The decisions and actions of carriers' revenue management, distribution, passenger service

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Bid Price - The Rosetta Stone of Revenue Management
In this article we’ll explain what a bid price is in the context of revenue management and how it is used as a pricing tool.
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What Have Airlines Been Doing with NFTs and the Metaverse?
Previously, we examined what NFTs and the metaverse mean for airlines, and a lot has happened since then! Therefore, we thought now would be a great time to provide updates.

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Skyalps: Connecting European Travelers to the Alps via Bolzano
Skyapls plans to make Bolzano airport into a niche hub connecting Northern and Southern Europe.

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Airline Fare Bundles – A Step to Better Meeting Traveler Needs
Rather than sorting through a dozen or more ancillary features, travelers can with one click easily book a bundle of amenities that meets their travel needs.

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flyv Aims to Offer an On-Demand Electric Air Mobility Solution
Flyv aims to use the most efficient form of flying to connect secondary markets with a fleet of electric aircraft.

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How AI Can Help Airlines Design Organizations that Serve Customers Better
By combining departmental processes and optimizing them around a common goal to run faster and smarter, airlines can execute their strategy AND take advantage of Enterprise AI.

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Airline Distribution 3.0: Improving Channel Contribution
Distribution 3.0 creates opportunities to assert the power of airlines in the distribution system by walking away from both MFN provisions and FCAs.

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How Airlines Can Rethink Their Hiring & Organizational Structure
Hospitio's Andrea Rader writes about how airlines can rethink their hiring and organizational structure to fit today's work and travel environment.

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The New Perspective for Revenue Management
Hèléne Millet shares her insights from the "Growing Revenue in Travel" Club's discussion on the New Perspective for Revenue Management.

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How Airline Competitive Fare Matching is Evolving
Competitive fare tracking now includes screen scraping other airline websites and other distribution channels to see what fares are actually available for customer purchase.

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What NFTs and the Metaverse Mean for Airline Loyalty Programs
Two of the most talked about emerging technologies have been NFTs and the metaverse. These new trends will shape the future of airline loyalty programs.

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Effective Forecasting, Revenue Management and Pricing Require New Technology and Data Sources
Airlines simply must get a better handle on how they approach their most basic business imperative: Where to fly, when, how often, with what aircraft and at what price.

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A New Seat Configuration Could Help Airlines on their Path to Customer Centricity
The Chaise Longue is the first seat aiming for a double-decker economy cabin that takes advantage of the vertical space and gets rid of the overhead storage bins.

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Airline Pricing, Revenue Management AND Ancillary Pricing – 3 Processes That Need to Work Together
Increasingly, Ancillary Pricing offers yet a third process for customer segmentation and revenue optimization, which needs to integrate with pricing and RM.

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1 November 2021: APAC’s Uneven Return to Travel
Here's a closer look at the progress being made across Asia, as many Governments ready to re-open for travel.

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Airline “Pricing” versus “Revenue Management” – Are These Processes Silo’ed?
Pricing and revenue management must work together on both the lowest fares (proper restrictions, limited inventory) and the highest fares (maximum fares, “just enough” inventory).

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What Are Airline Ancillaries & How Are They Classified?
Ancillaries give both the traveler and the airline greater flexibility in constructing the ideal travel journey. Here's a closer look at what they are and how they are classified.

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IROPS-This Summer of Air Travel Was Not as “Irregular” as It Seemed
This summer we saw unprecedented numbers of cancelled and rescheduled flights leading to long lines, long waits and upset customers. What can airlines do better?

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What’s Happening with Sustainable Air Travel?
Sustainability is possibly the biggest revolution air transport will see since the start of the jet age. Building a carbon-neutral future requires a transformation in operations.

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Hans Airways: A Startup Airline Built on Values & Relationships, Leveraging Market Opportunities
Fresh off a second-round of funding, Hans Airways plans to start serving passengers in the fall, connecting the U.K. to secondary airports in the Punjab region of India.

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Low-Cost Carriers Raise Competitive Bar with Ambitious Fleet Strategy
It’s a perfect storm for LCCs, especially startups: idle aircraft and other aviation assets, combined with cheap capital, have lowered the barriers to entry.

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Revenue Management Metrics & KPIs
Here are some of the baseline metrics to help analysts measure the effectiveness of their revenue management tactics.

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Intent Data: How Airlines Forecast Demand Before Bookings Materialize
How can airlines forecast demand when our historical data is meaningless? Many are turning to intent data to fill this gap.

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Managing Revenue During Covid-19: New Segments & Booking Behavior
Because of COVID-19 and its effects on travel and human behavior, revenue management teams have been dealing with entirely new passenger segments with unique booking trends.

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Airline Forecasting Since COVID-19: The Rise of Alternative Data
Historical data used to be the go-to source of data, but because of COVID-19, it’s essentially been rendered useless. So, what information and tactics can airlines turn to instead?

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Why Traditional Forecasting Methods are Obsolete & What Airlines Can Do Instead
Without accurate historical data, airlines are faced with finding new ways to forecast pricing and revenue. Here's what they can do.