Our Aviation and Travel industry is facing tremendous disruption as we gradually shift gear beyond COVID.
Digitalisation, People Management and Sustainability are just a few of the core topics we can help your organisation with as we move into 2022.
So, whether your key business is in Aviation (Passenger or Cargo), Rail, Cruise, Tours or Car-Rental, let’s talk.
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Project examples Passenger Airlines
Global sales harmonization in over 40 countries
Challenge
- A major full service airline wanted to harmonize its sales approach across all global markets, sales steering was to be optimized
Approach
- After an international audit a global organizational blueprint was developed
- Key headquarter functions and standardized KPI were installed
Outcome
- The payback was 11 times higher than the project investment – already in year 1
Ancillary product development
Challenge
- Additional revenue was to be earned from ancillary products. Our client, a low cost carrier airline, wanted to understand the ancillary potential of existing and new products
Approach
- First we set up a Power BI based dashboard to measure profit contribution by ancillary product and by route
- Based on these findings new Air- and Non-Air ancillary products were developed and priced
Outcome
- Tripled profit contribution of ancillary revenue
Multi-Brand Distribution
Challenge
- Our client, a leading multi brand airline group, suffered from duplicated functions and departments leading to an unfavorable cost position
Approach
- We jointly designed centralized competence centers with local satellites to keep local identity
Outcome
- Cost savings over 10x compared with project invest
- Also the competence and thus quality within the functional centers was increased
Ancillary vs. Loyalty
Challenge
- The revenue department of our client, a major airline group, aimed to sell upgrades, lounge access, etc. as ancillary products while the loyalty department wanted these products exclusively for the most valuable customers
Approach
- We jointly set up a matrix to differentiate between loyalty and ancillary products
- The key solution was to give elite customers the privilege to book upgrades etc. in advance, with higher availability, and partly discounted
Outcome
- Substantial ancillary profit growth while keeping privileges for loyal customers
Pre- and Post Merger Integration
Challenge
- Our client, the M&A department of a major travel company, wanted to evaluate multiple opportunities to grow by acquisition
Approach
- In a detailed evaluation we compared commercial matching of fleet, network, systems, sales channels, etc.
- To prepare for the takeover we also developed an integration plan to capture all potential benefits
Outcome
- A well prepared and smooth merger was executed
Sales-Channel Shift
Challenge
- Compared to new players in the market who mainly operated point to point the cost of sales position of our client, a legacy carrier, was not competitive anymore
Approach
- In a joint project with airline managers we developed multiple initiatives to shift sales towards less expensive channels
- As a prerequisite some changes to the product display have been made. To enable this the distribution system infrastructure was modified
Outcome
- The costs savings exceeded the investment 13-fold in year 1 alone
Project examples Cargo Airlines
Pricing Optimization
Challenge
- Our customer, a cargo airline, suffered from mostly unused pricing agreements. Instead spot prices where used resulting in low margins and high labor costs
Approach
- Contracts have been redesigned to meet customer requirements and the overall sales processes has ben professionalized
- The spot pricing process has been optimized, partly automated and stales staff was trained to produce harmonized rate offerings
Outcome
- Incremental profit exceeded investment by over 10x in year 1
Capacity steering
Challenge
- Our client, a freighter operating cargo airline, suffered from insufficient revenue management steering
Approach
- Automated access rate calculation based on single flight events
- Self-steering and self-learning algorithms
Outcome
- Double digit % profit increase
- Quick response to changing demand
Automated stowage loss calculation
Challenge
- High variance in stowage loss assumptions lead to lost revenue and unfavorable load-factors
- The manual calculation process was slow and not harmonized
Approach
- New automated stowage loss calculation based on a unique calculation method
Outcome
- Real time calculation for speedy quotes
- Better quality than manual calculation
- Load factor increase by up to 5% for affected routes
Project Examples Customer Loyalty
Loyalty Joint Venture
Challenge
- While in its home-market the loyalty program of our client, a leading travel company, was well known, it was rather unknown in many foreign markets
- Our client asked us to generate ideas to optimize membership numbers and activity rates outside their home-market
Approach
- The key idea was to partner with leading loyalty programs
- We evaluated possible partners in key markets
- A JV concept was developed
Outcome
- We provided a business case calculation and step-by step implementation plan
Increased airline brand awareness by loyalty measures
Challenge
- Our client, a travel company running its own loyalty program, suffered from little brand awareness in some overseas markets
Approach
- The key idea was to partner with local loyalty program champions
Outcome
- We have evaluated many partner options and identified a best partner fit
- A go-to-market plan was developed incl. a business case calculation
Activation of loyalty scheme members
Challenge
- Our client, an international multi-retailer and -travel program, suffered from low response rate on loyalty campaigns
Approach
- We set up a complex test strategy to identify those incentives that best activate members
- Key insights on response behavior were gained through Power BI based data analytics
Outcome
- Increase of response rate by over 300%
- Ongoing usage of Power BI dashboard to monitor promotion profitability
Selected work references
What our customers say
“UNEX worked in partnership with our project team and provided valuable impulses for successful concepts.”
“The joint development of solutions has motivated us very much. UNEX supports us creatively and well structured.”
“UNEX has quickly and competently developed a comprehensive result. I am very satisfied with the cooperation.”
“UNEX has developed innovative concepts for us, which are highly analytical and very pragmatic at the same time. I am extremely satisfied with the cooperation.”
“The way of cooperation makes the difference in the work with UNEX. Together we have achieved a lot during our six months project.”
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