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The innovative ways that Airlines make money with frequent flyer points

Idea to Value

Airline loyalty programmes are fascinating. Not just because we happen to have enough frequent flyer points with one airline to fly around the world, but instead because of how they completely changed the business model of airlines. Even though the Airlines own the frequent flyer programmes.

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Frontier Airlines Ends Human-to-Human Customer Service

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken In a bold move to cut costs, Frontier Airlines announced that it would no longer offer human-to-human customer support. As a customer service expert, I was surprised at this move. I have waited to see the fallout, if any, and thought the company might backpedal and reinstate traditional phone support. […]

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Experiments & pivots that kept Emirates Airlines alive in COVID times

Board of Innovation

Since the start of our Low Touch Economy series, we’ve kept a close eye on the airline business. Within this field, Emirates Airlines seems to stand out. The post Experiments & pivots that kept Emirates Airlines alive in COVID times appeared first on Board of Innovation. Let’s have a closer look!

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How the Customer in 9C Saved Continental Airlines from Bankruptcy

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky When Gordon Bethune took over as CEO of Continental Airlines in 1994, the carrier had just emerged from its second bankruptcy and was headed for their third and potentially final round. US Department of Transportation … Continue reading →

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Never Stop Looking for Improvement

Innovation Excellence

This idea came to me as I read an article about United Airlines changing the way passengers board the plane. Most airlines put passengers in groups […] Well, whatever “it” is may work just fine, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be better.

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How could SouthWest Airlines spend A Billion Dollars for IT Modernisation

Rmukesh Gupta

One of the biggest news story this last Christmas season was the cascading effect of flights being cancelled by Southwest Airlines. According to their SEC filing, they had to cancel more than 16700 flights over the holiday period in December, costing them an estimated $725million-$825 million.

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The Double-Handed Approach to Innovation

Destination Innovation

Can you differentiate your innovation and increase the appeal of the product – maybe to a certain segment of the market – by adding something and removing something else? Similarly with the low-cost airline Ryanair. It added new destinations of smaller airports that the major airlines did not use. Add and subtract.