We call them data graveyards, those boring data tables that we come across in most of our projects We wanted to give our clients a better data experience and we found it in Microsoft Power BI. The benefits are: Easy to read data by visuals that direct you to the most important or critical developments [...]
Just as the airline industry was seeing the green shoots of turnaround after the worst of the Covid pandemic, Valdimir Putin has thrown a wrench into the industry rebound. The share prices of major airlines have plummeted. by Brock Friesen and Horst Findeisen Just like ordinary automobile drivers at the fuel pump, airlines are now [...]
Sustainability in aviation is only granted by induvial and personal touch points not by „abstract“ climate targets „No one will value what they don’t care about, and no one will care about what they do not understand or have not experienced “ The same applies to getting key stakeholders to buy into a vision for [...]
In our most recent strategy session, the UNEX Management Consultancy Team had the pleasure of a live online discourse with a former CEO of a top global legacy airline – a true and highly innovative ‘leader’ of our industry and wonderful personality to boot! It was inspirational to say the least – so much so, [...]
What to do with our salesforce after Corona? (A recent UNEX project) Background It was in late 2021 that a former client from the travel industry approached us to ask: "What should we do with our remaining salesforce? They have not been visiting travel agencies for months. Some have already left the company during the [...]
A year and a half ago we published a blog with a similar title, and last year we updated it. At the outset of a third Covid year, it is timely to look back at our earlier thinking and to offer some predictions for 2022. Our thesis in 2020 was that Covid would profoundly change [...]
One year ago, we published an article with the same title. It was our view on emerging trends in aviation post-Covid. As consultants, we have a duty to look back at our past guidance to see what we got right and where we missed the mark. Our clients expect no less. Prediction: Profound change [...]
Data analytics is key to airline success. Highly developed models have been created to forecast demand and thus predict future seat load factor and yield. Yet the challenge is: Algorithms that form the base for these forecasts are no longer valid. So, what to do in a situation in which last year’s demand is undocked [...]
Air transport is an important contributor to a globalized world. However, its contribution to human-induced CO2 emission is seen as a threat to sustainability. With the flying shame movement from Sweden (“flygskam”), airline emissions have gained focus in the sustainability debate. In all fairness, air traffic contributes only around 2% of global human-induced CO2 emissions. [...]
Airlines around the world have received immense financial aid since the onset of Covid. New York Times estimates that Washington paid $600,000 for each airline job saved. The reason is obvious: Governments are justly concerned about the vital role of airlines to the economy. After all, civil aviation is a highly specialized complex system which, [...]