Skift features Accelya’s report “Airlines: A Path Back to Profitability”, and highlights five ways you can embrace modern retailing for positive change and get your airline back to profitability, further and faster. This article was originally published by Skift on June 24, 2021. Skift Take: How are airlines preparing to address the needs of the changed passenger and disrupted operating environment as the world emerges from the Covid-19 crisis? Expect to see strategies for personalized value, more choices, and greater airline control, as airlines move forward on their unique journey back to ..read more

The little 'i' of innovation As highlighted in the recent report, Airlines: A Path Back to Profitability, the Covid-crisis has stripped the airline industry of more than $118 billion - challenging the industry to its core. Yet, it has also heralded an era of unprecedented opportunity – including a renewed vigor for innovation, with 88% more airline executives expecting retailing innovation to be “extremely important” during business recovery compared to pre-Covid times ..read more

The Air Transformation Lab set out to uncover the DNA of a profitable future for airline commerce and to include your airline voice at the center of the new thinking and technology to make it happen. A milestone of the Air Transformation Lab activity is the ‘Airlines: A Path Back to Profitability’ report, that you can download now. Read on to learn more ..read more

Airline 'titan of transformation', Bill Cavendish, recently joined the Global Business Development team at Accelya from Emirates Airlines. There, as Vice President, Distribution Strategy, he was responsible for defining, setting, and executing the carrier's commercial distribution strategy. To celebrate, we brought Bill into the Airline Voice Radio studio to get his fresh perspective as he moves from the helm of airline commerce leadership into the world of transformational technology ..read more

In an industry challenged by layers of complexity, bringing a fresh perspective to the table can reshape the distribution landscape as we know it. As the new kids on the block, Duffel is on a path to disrupting the airline sector by democratizing content and making it easily accessible to a wider range of travel sellers ..read more

In challenging times, leaders follow their North Star no matter how daunting the journey ahead.  The path to airline profitability demands transformation, and to succeed, airlines need innovative thinking and technological change— Hawaiian Airlines one such carrier that is preparing for the future by taking transformational steps today. Management Consultant, Distribution at Hawaiian Airlines, George Bryan is overseeing the implementation of Accelya's full suite of NDC and Offer engines. But for George, this is not his first rodeo. While at Westjet, he was an early adopter of Accelya tec ..read more

NDC was gaining traction before the pandemic, and now that the industry is recovering, it is firmly on airlines’ priority list. The current situation has grown the appetite for airline-controlled offers, and many airlines are looking to NDC to deliver over the next 12 - 36 months. For the NDC-leaderboard airlines, as many as 1:3 tickets are now sold through NDC-channels. As airlines move towards greater control and better experiences, third-party developers, and technology providers will play a greater role in contemporary NDC API development.   ..read more

In the previous episode of Airline Voice Radio, special guest Xavier Lagardere, Head of Distribution at Lufthansa Group, caught up with Jim Davidson to chat about Continuous Pricing. But, the conversation didn’t stop there. From finding the energy needed for success, to delivering a 'milestone' project in the middle of a pandemic, Jim and Xavier went on to reveal some fascinating insights from behind the doors of industry leadership. In case you missed it, the podcast remains available here ..read more

The Air Transformation Lab reaches another milestone with the launch of a new podcast series. Airline Voice Radio connects the industry through the airwaves interviewing outspoken thought leaders on building the future of airline commerce and promises to be compelling, inspirational, and often unexpected ..read more

Typically held in the heart of London, this year's T2RL PSS 2020 conference took place virtually on 4 - 5 November. At the event, I had the honor of representing Farelogix, now joined with Accelya, on a panel to explore "Developing ONE Order in the New World - What is the current market position"? ONE Order is the industry program led by IATA to transform reservations processes, systems, and data. It aims to deliver better retailing and customer experience by replacing the pre-internet set-up that is still commonplace, with one that takes advantage of technologies available today. The central ..read more