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June 15, 2023
Eight ways airlines can prepare for a new era of retailing
The airline industry is at an inflection point. Traveler needs and expectations have evolved. There’s a need to adapt; to identify smarter ways of working and increase profitability. The industry has its eyes on a more...
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April 21, 2023
Three ways airlines can offer more value, more choice and generate more revenue – Part 3
Part two of this three-part blog series looked at how the ability to experiment with offers, using Sabre’s travel retail solutions, plays a key role in meeting traveler demands for affordability, speed, and quality. In the final...
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April 20, 2023
Three ways airlines can offer more value, more choice and generate more revenue – Part 2
In the first installment in this blog series, Sabre’s Bhaskara Guntreddy explored how innovation, experimentation and partnership underpins the path to growth. In part two, Bhaskara explores how offering greater choice, and the ability to experiment with offers...
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April 19, 2023
Three ways airlines can offer more value, more choice and generate more revenue – Part 1
To bring more compelling, personalized content to travelers, airlines need technology that can adapt to changing market dynamics. At Sabre, we believe this future is powered by a shift to offer and orders that gives airlines the intelligence...
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May 3, 2022
Does loyalty always have to come at a cost?
Data and automation are the perfect bundle for both passenger and LCC Oliver Wigdahl, SVP LCC Segment, returns with thoughts on how Low Cost Carriers can build customer loyalty without breaking the bank. Does loyalty count in...
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March 25, 2022
For an LCC to take off, it must first get on its bike
Oliver Wigdahl, SVP LCC Segment, recently wrote a fascinating article on the future of LCC IT ecosystems. He discusses how LCC IT teams can evolve their tech strategies to produce better commercial results for their airlines....
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November 1, 2021
Flight Economics
by Lydia Webb & Peter Plutecki Not only do airlines need to fulfil the demand for personalization coming from their consumers, but they need to do it faster and better than their competition, in a more unpredictable, constrained,...
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October 6, 2021
Why it’s time to ditch the playbook for network planning
by Pete Newell and Santiago Nauffal-Monsalve, Sabre Consulting For decades, airlines have built and developed refined robust procedures that were repeated season after season as part of their playbook for commercial planning. All of those became completely...
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September 14, 2021
The Case for Personalization
by Carole Pailhé & Ashley Burk The airline industry has been coping with high uncertainty as a result of the pandemic, and demand will remain uneven and volatile for some time. An increasing number of airlines,...
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July 27, 2021
Booking Southwest content in Sabre just got easier
Today marks a huge milestone for both Sabre and Southwest Airlines. As of July 26, 2021, Sabre-connected agencies and travel buyers can enjoy enhanced connectivity when booking Southwest content in the Sabre GDS! This new distribution...
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July 19, 2021
Graduate Students Enhance Flight Paths with New Perspectives
Over the last six years, Sabre has engaged in research with graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin. This mutually beneficial partnership allows our team to get additional perspectives on current industry challenges, while...
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January 21, 2021
Getting Smart Just Got Personal
Airlines are, more than ever, focused on capturing revenue in a highly-competitive marketplace – offering ancillary “add-ons” like extra legroom seats, additional baggage allowance and trip insurance. A year into the global Covid-19 crisis, this incremental...