Tags: AI

Alaska Airlines and UP.Labs launch Odysee, an AI-enabled startup taking a new approach to schedule optimization

Alaska Airlines and UP.Labs have introduced their first startup, Odysee, at the UP.Summit. The venture aims to solve core strategic challenges for the aviation industry through innovative solutions. Odysee is an innovative, new flight schedule optimization software platform that leverages AI and big data to optimize asset configuration for the airline industry and other logistics […]

Saudia Launches Beta Version of Revolutionary Digital Platform

As part of a 2-year plan to reshape the airline travel industry Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has launched its innovative digital platform, the Travel Companion (TC), powered by advanced artificial intelligence. This move is part of a two-year plan to revolutionize the travel industry by embracing digital innovations. In collaboration with […]

airBaltic Sets Global Benchmark with AI in Safety Reporting

The Latvian national airline airBaltic with a long-standing history of being an innovation leader in the airline industry and Beams, a leading safety intelligence company, have entered a partnership to provide artificial intelligence (AI) for analyzing safety reports. Martin Gauss, President and CEO of airBaltic: “airBaltic continues to lead when it comes to innovations. Our […]

KLM deploys artificial intelligence to combat food waste

KLM is wasting less food on board aircraft thanks to artificial intelligence. AI programs enable the company to better predict how many passengers who have booked will actually board a flight. This allows the exact number of required meals to be calculated and KLM achieves up to 63% less food waste based on the expected […]

SWISS to adopt AI-based flight passenger counts

SWISS has completed the trials of its new digital procedure for counting its passengers during the flight boarding process. In view of the trials’ success, the airline will now replace its present manual passenger counts with a digital process based on artificial intelligence from 2024. The adoption of the new AI-based procedure is planned for […]

Cathay launches advanced conversational AI powered by Fano Labs to enhance customers’ digital experience

New conversational AI will enable the company’s chatbots to provide more accurate responses to customers’ queries Cathay is enhancing its customers’ digital experience with the launch of an advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) in partnership with Fano Labs, a Hong Kong-based language AI company.As part of its purpose to move people forward in life, Cathay […]

Drinks to Automatic: BA Lounges to Trial AI-Powered Cocktail Maker at San Francisco & Newark

British Airways is exclusively trialling an automated cocktail maker in its San Francisco and Newark lounges. Cocktails are dispensed in under 45 seconds, adding a new dimension to the food and drink available for customers. Available until March 2020, British Airways’ First and Club World customers travelling from San Francisco and Newark will be able […]

Proponent (Kapco Global and Avio-Diepen) and Beep Analytics collaborate on AI platform for aircraft parts demand forecasting

Proponent and Beep Analytics are collaborating on the development of a new predictive analytics platform which implements the best of machine learning technology developed at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to calculate spare part demand and assess market dynamics which is based on numerous data sources in combination with intelligent market feed-back functionality. Benjamin […]