Delays and cancellations are getting worse – airlines must embrace a more human approach

Delays and cancellations are getting worse – airlines must embrace a more human approach

‘Chaos’, ‘shame’, ‘misery’. On the morning of Tuesday 29th August, there wasn’t a single national news outlet – from the Daily Mail to Sky News – that didn’t feature at least one of these words in its headlines following the UK air traffic control system crash. While these articles followed a particularly unusual event, the stories of passengers abandoned in departure lounges, dealing with limited support on the ground, closed call centres and...

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"The aviation industry is a key area where AI can play a really significant factor. It goes from everything like personalised customer service, dynamic pricing, predictive maintenance, flight operations optimisation. To everything through from baggage tracking to...

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Embracing the Tech Future Of The Airline Business In Three Charts

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AI in aviation with Glenn Morgan

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The growing cost of doing nothing in airline digital retailing
The growing cost of doing nothing in airline digital retailing

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Multimodal Travel: Aviation Needs to Think Beyond the Flight

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Embracing the Tech Future Of The Airline Business In Three Charts

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AI in aviation with Glenn Morgan
AI in aviation with Glenn Morgan

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Multimodal Travel: Aviation Needs to Think Beyond the Flight
Multimodal Travel: Aviation Needs to Think Beyond the Flight

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