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August 13, 2025

Strategic Airline Partnerships & Ancillary Revenue to Enhance Passenger Loyalty

The Evolving Role of Strategic Airline Partnerships Creating value beyond traditional alliances Strategic airline partnerships are evolving far beyond conventional codeshares and interline agreements. Today’s collaborations extend into fintech, lifestyle, and hospitality, creating bundled offerings that elevate passenger value. By working with non-traditional partners, airlines can enter new revenue spaces and differentiate themselves. CEOs must embrace partnerships not as support […]

Salil Nath Ancillary Revenue to Enhance Passenger Loyalty 0 5 min read
August 11, 2025

Predictive Analytics & Crisis Preparedness in Airline Operations Management

The Importance of Crisis Preparedness in Airlines Crisis preparedness as a leadership priority Airlines face multiple risks ranging from operational disruptions to geopolitical challenges. Airline crisis management ensures that carriers have frameworks to respond quickly and effectively. A lack of preparedness can lead to financial losses, reputational damage, and long-term decline in customer confidence. CEOs must embed crisis planning into […]

Salil Nath Airline Operations Management 0 5 min read
August 10, 2025

Airline Revenue Management & Digital Distribution for Sustainable Route Optimisation

The Role of Airline Revenue Management in Modern Aviation Airline revenue management and strategic pricing Airline revenue management is one of the strongest levers airlines have for financial sustainability. It goes beyond seat pricing, encompassing forecasting, demand monitoring, and ancillary planning. By adjusting fares dynamically, airlines capture maximum yield while responding to shifting market conditions. CEOs must understand that this […]

Salil Nath Airline Revenue Management 0 5 min read
June 5, 2025

Embedded Finance Takes Off – Capturing the US $100 B Opportunity in Travel Payments

Airlines and travel brands spend billions each year on card-processing fees and still lose bookings when customers cannot pay the way they want. Embedded finance—BNPL instalments, account-to-account (A2A) transfers, multi-currency wallets and micro-insurance—changes that equation. Research values embedded financial services in travel at more than US $100 billion today and forecasts compound growth above 20 per cent a year over […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 3 min read
June 4, 2025

From Points to Lifestyle – Re-Imagining Airline Loyalty in a Subscription Economy

Frequent-flyer programmes (FFPs) have long been airlines’ cash cows, yet travellers increasingly value instant perks over distant rewards. Streaming bundles, unlimited flight passes and lifestyle subscriptions are resetting consumer expectations across every sector. When airlines marry traditional mileage schemes to subscription-style benefits—priority upgrades, lounge credits, partner discounts—they secure reliable cash flow and deeper customer stickiness. This article shows why the […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 3 min read
June 3, 2025

Air + Rail + Wallet – A Streamlined Path to Higher Airline Revenue

Airlines are under pressure from crowded airports and corporate clients demanding greener travel. High-speed rail partnerships offer an elegant solution: they free up runway capacity, extend market reach and satisfy sustainability targets. When combined with a single digital wallet that covers air, rail and on-trip spending, these alliances can lift network revenue by more than ten per cent. Here is […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 2 min read
May 27, 2025

Algorithmic Airfare: Unlock 9 Per Cent More Revenue with AI-Driven NDC Retailing

New Distribution Capability (NDC) pipes have been laid, but most airlines still pump static fares through them. The breakthrough now comes from embedding artificial-intelligence pricing engines into those pipes: early movers are already capturing double-digit uplifts in ancillaries and a 7–9 per cent rise in total passenger revenue. This article offers a C-suite blueprint—data plumbing, offer curation, continuous learning—and shows […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 2 min read
May 22, 2025

Route Rights, Not Red Tape: A CEO’s Guide to Fast-Tracking Market Entry

Launching a new international route is no longer a matter of aircraft availability and network planning; it hinges on satisfying an ever-thickening web of consumer-protection rules, environmental reviews and slot-allocation hurdles. Dentons’ September 2024 aviation update lists tougher sustainability and passenger-rights regulations as the single biggest external risk to market entry in 2025.Dentons Meanwhile, the number of Level 3 (congested) […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 3 min read
May 16, 2025

Digital Magnetism: Re-Engineering the MICE Pipeline for Tourism Boards

Global meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) spending is projected to surpass US $1.2 trillion by 2027, yet almost 70 per cent of destination RFPs still funnel to the same dozen “usual-suspect” cities. Digital strategies that combine precision targeting with friction-free booking tools are rewriting that pattern. Mid-tier destinations such as Louisville, Antwerp and Abu Dhabi have grown delegate nights […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 3 min read
April 17, 2025

The Future of Airline Growth Lies in Cross-Industry Collaboration

Introduction: Why Airlines Must Look Beyond the Runway The traditional growth playbook for airlines has long revolved around route expansion, pricing strategies, and in-flight service innovation. But as global demand patterns shift, digital behaviours evolve, and customer expectations grow more nuanced, airlines can no longer operate in a vacuum. The future of sustainable airline growth depends not only on optimising […]

Salil Nath Thought Leadership 0 3 min read

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