Innovating Aviation Analytics with Design Thinking
Over recent decades, it has become crucial to develop and refine skills that allow us to understand and act on rapid changes in our environment. The world has become increasingly interconnected and complex, with increased expectations and a lot of unknowns. Design thinking offers a means to grapple with all this change in a human-centric […]
Five Defining Factors for the Aviation Industry’s Recovery from COVID-19
Some of us who witnessed 9/11 or the 2008 economic downturn have had almost a decade to forget the traumatic effect a sudden, global recession can have on a company. In a rapidly evolving situation like we’re facing with COVID-19, it becomes very challenging to balance what’s best for your company, protect your employees, and […]
Dissecting the Business Models of the Aviation Industry
Introduction and Definitions Organizations’ successes and failures can traditionally be attributed to any of the following: not adopting technology, inefficiencies, high costs, not being innovative, econometric impacts, and the list goes on and on. No one realizes that these are just elements of a mosaic, and for a business to effectively compete and grow, the […]
Air Transportation Value Chain
The environment and industry in which any firm operates is a crucial element in determining the market’s attractiveness in terms of present and future demand, ease of doing business, as well as the level of competition. In this sense, it is the environment and industry in which the firm operates that will in turn influence […]
Analytics – The Path to Airport Transformation
Aviation is a highly competitive industry, and with lower margins then other industries, airports need to ensure that they have a competitive niche and are transforming their businesses to keep up with changing tides. Approximately 70% of the world’s airports lose money, which clearly highlights the need for the effective and efficient use of data […]
A Brief Intro to Airport Strategic Planning
We are living in an era of disruption in which new business models are changing the way value is created and delivered. The Aviation industry, and Airports, are not immune to disruption and to be at the leading edge of the curve must consider non-traditional approaches toward Air Service Development, non-aeronautical sources of revenue and […]
Intro to Blockchain technology and its application in the Aviation Industry
We all love new ideas, new business models, buzz words and new technologies and one that is getting a lot of attention is Blockchain technology. The intent of this article is to briefly describe what Blockchain is, dive in to how it works and touch on its potential use cases in Aviation. Blockchain can be […]
A Tribute to Herb Kelleher: Aviation’s most notable Innovator and Disrupter
In January 2019, the world lost a great innovator. Herb Kelleher was a pioneer who totally reshaped the aviation industry. His vision revolutionized commercial aviation, democratized the skies and got me interested to study his leadership profile and share it with readers. He was an influence on my own leadership style, and he has much […]
WHITE PAPER “BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATION IN BEEF SUPPLY CHAIN”
INTRODUCTION Beef is one of the biggest meat products consumed globally, and the world consumed 129.5 billion pounds of beef in 2016. Managing these kind of consumption volumes requires collaboration between Cattle farmers, slaughtering and meat processing plants, transportation and logistics, freight forwarders, veterinary physicians, insurance companies, airport handling, and regulatory agencies. As health awareness […]