Airlines

Ancillary revenues, the money airlines make from sales and fees for products and services such as food, checked bags, and extra legroom, have become a topic of great interest for […]

Two fundamental needs connect all airlines: revenue and passenger satisfaction. To satisfy customers, carriers seek ways to learn more about their clients and provide a set of additional services like […]

Without a new approach, airline loyalty programs risk alienating many customers. Since American Airlines created the industry’s first successful customer-loyalty program, in 1981, almost every carrier has followed suit. These […]

Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG)’s recent whitepaper, Blockchain for Hospitality, not only increases awareness on the emergence of this new ledger technology but serves as a practical knowledge framework for hospitality […]

Globally, airline loyalty programs generate billions of dollars in sales every year. They are the pinnacle of all loyalty programs, and they’re what every company dreams their loyalty program could […]

Consider today’s problem… You take a flight to see family for Christmas, and you earn some frequent flyer miles…You buy a coffee from Starbucks once or twice…You fill up with […]

In an environment where the whole basis for RM is optimal allocation of fixed capacity, is there another way? RM forecasts demand, no-shows and allocates seats. But what if the […]

As we look at the major trends in the travel industry, one thing is clear – the future of travel retail will become more and more personalized. Airlines want to […]

In 1972, an employee of British Overseas Airways Corporation by the name of Ken Littlewood provided the genesis of what has become today’s revenue management (RM) discipline. NB: This is […]

The airline-GDS distribution battle threatens growing fragmentation. Smaller agents are stuck in the middle of a battle over distribution between airlines and GDSs and being denied access to full fare […]