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American Airlines takes flight with analytics transformation

CIO

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines have struggled with bad weather, fewer air traffic controllers, and a shortage of pilots, all leading to an unprecedented number of cancelations in 2022. This was a huge change for our teams. Leibman notes that American Airlines operates every hour of every day.

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Online Travel Agency Analytics: Data-Driven Approach to the Best-Cost Strategy

Altexsoft

To match customer demand with proposition, travel product managers team up with the marketing crew. They do it by developing flexible prices that help OTAs stay profitable but keep the prices low. Product development. If this indicator is low, it may mean that you’re attracting a lot of unqualified leads. Availability-to-Book.

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

Altexsoft

IATA or the International Air Transport Association is a global trade association of airlines (both freight and passenger carriers) that regulates the aviation industry by developing standards, procedures, and practices. As of today, its members are 290 airlines in 120 countries comprising around 82 percent of total air traffic.

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Unit Economics: Striking a Balance between Customer Lifetime Value and Acquisition Cost

Altexsoft

The metric of unit economics, though having simple calculations, can dictate the future of your business and help understand its sustainability in the long run. An airline might look at seats sold, for a car dealership – the unit may simply be a car, while Uber takes per-hour revenue as a unit of measurement.

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Reinvention Risk Trade

The Agile Manager

Southwest Airlines has made headlines in recent days for all the wrong reasons: bad weather impacted air travel, which required Southwest to adjust plane and crew schedules. Investible, yes, especially since it is more than just an investment that makes the business less bad than it need be. Business is risk.

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AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud: What’s the best cloud platform?

Openxcell

To demonstrate their superiority in the market, the other two are likewise developing more quickly. It is a global cloud platform that is employed for the development, deployment, and management of services. Azure Strengths Azure Weaknesses Configuration of the Microsoft software family is simple.

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Investing in Strategic Capability versus Buying Tactical Capacity

The Agile Manager

The increase in global IT sourcing is outpacing the rate of development of highly-qualified professionals in many markets 2 – salaries are increasing as there are more jobs chasing fewer high-qualified candidates, and turnover of IT staff is rising as people pursue higher compensation.