CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Even before the blizzard hit, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan acknowledged on Nov.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 3, 2020

As it turned out, Southwest not only recovered, it set a new high score for the industry and passed JetBlue to take the top spot among airlines. I predicted that Southwest would recover in the CX Index due to the CX equity it has built with its customers.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

An Alaska Airlines plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The airline is partnering with UP.Labs to launch an aviation venture lab. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off. Alaska Airlines is a limited partner in the fund.

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TechSpot

MARCH 24, 2023

United Airlines, in collaboration with Archer Aviation, have unveiled their plan to start an air taxi service in Chicago in 2025. The aircraft made by Archer is named Midnight and is designed to fly up to 100 miles, but is optimized for short flights of roughly 20 miles, according to the company. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

MAY 1, 2023

Alaska Airlines has provided ZeroAvia with a Dash 8 Q400 regional turboprop to test out its hydrogen-powered electric propulsion system. The plane is now emblazoned with ZeroAvia navy and sky blue graphics and Alaska Airlines’ name on the tail. on Monday at which the airline gave the keys to a Dash 8 Q400 to ZeroAvia.

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Information Week

JANUARY 9, 2023

Severe weather and outdated software systems led to estimated $825M loss at airline, exposing operational risks that can arise if technology is not updated.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2023

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. A rendering of a revamped Alaska Airlines lobby. Airlines have increasingly been adopting facial recognition technology to confirm the identity of passengers.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 27, 2020

is still in the middle of a raging coronavirus pandemic that is breaking records in states like Texas and Florida and getting us banned from visiting Europe , American Airlines has decided to throw out social distancing measures on its planes. The airline quietly announced on Friday that it will start … Read more. Although the U.S.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will no longer allow passengers to bring emotional support animals on its aircraft for any reservations made after January 11. The airline is the first to ban emotional support animals following new guidance from the U.S. Department of Transportation about what kind of… Read more.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The company is partnering with Alaska Airlines to retrofit the aircraf with ZeroAvia’s powertrain. Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Alaska Airlines, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Summa Equity, AP Ventures and Amazon Climate Pledge Fund also participated. The nose of ZeroAvia’s Q400.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

(Intelsat Photo) Alaska Airlines will invest $25 million to upgrade its regional jets with a new WiFi system from Intelsat capable of download speeds in the hundreds of megabits per second, using both traditional geostationary and new low-Earth orbit satellites.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

On Thursday, the European Commission announced that EU-based airlines will now be allowed to provide in-flight wireless 4G and 5G access for all passengers. Once implemented, passengers can use their mobile devices in the same ways as any ground-based mobile network while in flight. Goodbye airplane mode; we can't say.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 16, 2018

Airlines run on their IT systems and CIOs have to keep these running. However, when it comes to airlines, their CIOs are spending their time thinking about more practical things like just exactly how to go about keeping their critical IT systems up and running. The Challenge Of Running An Airline. Image Credit: Job Garcia.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

American Airlines is suing The Points Guy | Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images. It’s seeking an order blocking The Points Guy from accessing or using American Airlines customer data and from allowing its users to access their own accounts through the TPG app or site.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

(Alaska Airlines Photo). A cell phone fire in the cabin of an Alaska Airlines plane forced the emergency evacuation of passengers after the flight from New Orleans landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday night. Earlier this evening, POSFD responded to a report of a fire in the cargo hold of Alaska Airlines Flight 751.

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Tech Republic Big Data

JANUARY 10, 2023

Alaska Airlines has become the first U.S. airline to invest in a frontline crew analytics app that works without network connectivity. The post Alaska Airlines adopts edge analytics solution for enhanced real-time and passenger data collaboration appeared first on TechRepublic. What can it do?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Image: Singapore Airlines. Amidst plunging revenues due to the pandemic, Singapore Airlines is turning two of its Airbus A380 planes parked at Changi Airport into impromptu restaurants on October 24th and 25th, and it’s proved surprisingly popular. All the joy of plane food, without having to leave the ground.

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Computer Weekly

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Police have arrested nearly 200 people for airline ticketing fraud in an international operation involving public and private sector organisations

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TechSpot

AUGUST 17, 2022

American Airlines announced that it placed an order for up to 20 Overture aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with an option for an additional 40. The companies didn't say how much the deal was worth, but American did mention it has already paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

American Airlines will soon remove the booking limits it placed on flights back in April. American Airlines will resume booking its flights to capacity starting July 1st, the company has announced. The airline industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with passenger numbers plummeting.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 5, 2021

SITA, a large data firm that works with some of the world’s largest airlines, announced Thursday that it had been the victim of a “highly sophisticated cyberattack,” the likes of which compromised information on hundreds of thousands of airline passengers all over the world. Read more.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Good airline data and a strong digital backbone are essential for recovery. The pandemic has turned the air travel revenue model on its head. Read More.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Alaska Airlines on Monday announced the launch of Alaska Star Ventures to invest in new aviation technologies as part of the airline’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Diana Birkett Rakow, Alaska’s vice president of public affairs and sustainability (PRNewsfoto/Alaska Airlines).

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 6, 2021

United Airlines will be the first major US airline to require its US-based employees—all 67,000 of them—to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In a memo sent to employees on Friday describing the new mandate, United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart explained that while some employees “will disagree with this… Read more.

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Forrester IT

JANUARY 4, 2023

Southwest Airline's 2022 holiday travel disaster happened because the airline became a victim of its own success. It failed to realize that the analysts, data and software requirements for maintaining its point-to-point network needed constant upgrading, preferring instead to return profits to shareholders via stock buy backs.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2021

Sunrise as viewed from the Alaska Airlines Flight 482 in Seattle on a 737-MAX 9 flight, with Mount Rainier and an Amazon Prime cargo jet in the distance. As the first airline to bet on the 737 MAX’s return to service , Alaska has thrown its support behind Boeing, which manufactures planes in Everett and Renton, Wash. “We

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

The team behind SpaceX’s growing satellite internet network Starlink is in talks with “several” airlines to beam internet to their airplanes, the project’s vice president said during a conference panel on Wednesday. Airlines want to see developed hardware and services that work first, he added. “We Timeline TBD.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 3, 2021

Passengers aboard American Airlines flights will soon have an in-flight entertainment option that’s not “La La Land, but you fall asleep 20 minutes in and don’t rewind it so now you’ll never really know the plot of that movie”: TikTok , which just became available for free in 30-minute increments. Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Flying during pandemic times just got a bit more convenient for iPhone users traveling on United Airlines. Read more.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Delta Airlines said in a pair of internal memos to employees this week that it’s asked competitors to share their no-fly lists, to try to keep passengers who cause disturbances on planes from bringing their mayhem to other airlines. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 18, 2022

For weeks, airlines have been cautioning authorities over the delays and disruptions that would happen in the wake of telco companies’ planned rollout of 5G technology, and things are getting serious. On Monday, the CEOs of several transportation giants like Delta, JetBlue, and American Airlines warned transportation… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 12, 2022

The countless delays and cancellations plaguing air travel right now (not to mention the packed planes, the skyrocketing ticket prices, and mask mandates) have left many airline passengers angrier than we’ve ever seen them before. Most air travelers have been seen taking their air rage out on flight attendants or… Read more.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

United and American Airlines said Monday that they will temporarily ban passengers who don’t comply with a new industry-wide mandatory mask policy that goes into effect this week. The new policy announced this week by industry trade organization Airlines for America covers United, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Southwest, and JetBlue.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A change to the wheelchair policy at American Airlines has quietly flown under the radar for months. The revised guidelines put weight restrictions on electric wheelchairs for certain flights that were previously capable of transporting the same mobility devices. The move appears to be a cost-cutting measure that… Read more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 25, 2023

As CIO of United Airlines, Jason Birnbaum is laser focused on using technology and data to enable the company’s 86,000 employees to create as seamless a customer travel experience as possible. Now, we have collaborative conversations about accountability for business outcomes, not system performance.”

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

American Airlines announced on Friday that it is making the check-in process completely touchless, even for passengers who have to check bags. Starting Friday, passengers flying with American Airlines will have to set the number of bags they’re bringing ahead of time on the company’s app or website.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 22, 2021

Airline trade associations and unions are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to do something about the inundation of soulless passengers raising drunken hell in the lawless skies. Specifically, they want them put in prison. Read more.

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