As a part of Technology and Innovation in Airline Distribution and Merchandising 2015 conference I presented this sucess case of integration of low cost strategies using legacy distribution systems.
As key factors of sucessful implementation agile methodologies, cloud computing and business process simplification
Competing with low cost carriers using legacy distribution
1. TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN AIRLINE
DISTRIBUTION AND MERCHANDISING 2015
Best of both worlds: Competing with low cost carriers
using legacy distribution
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• Madrid-based airline operating short
and medium-haul flights
• Commenced operations in March
2012 with over 6 million
passengers and 50,000 flights in
its first two years
• Most punctual European airline and
recognized as one of the best in the
world
• Wholly-owned subsidiary of Iberia
• Operates 31 routes in Spain and
Europe, flying 17 Airbus A320
aircraft
• Indra is one of the leading IT
companies in the world both in
consulting and technology.
• 43.000 employees and projects in
138 countries.
• First-class customers worldwide from
all sectors
• Solutions and services for Transport
and Traffic, Energy and Industry,
Public Administration and Healthcare,
Financial Services, Security and
Defense and Telecom and Media
sectors
01 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: COMPETING WITH LOW COST CARRIERS
USING LEGACY DISTRIBUTION
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01 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
STARTING POINT
First Iberia
Express website
is set out as a
spin off of
Iberia’s.
For it’s go live
day the portal is
just a clone.
MAJOR INCONVENIENCES:
- Not oriented to its own customer
- Heavy content website
- Offer based on legacy carrier
- Architecture based on central
systems.
GOAL:
Create a website
focused on the
customer and ready to
compete with other
LCC and legacy
carriers.
2012
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03 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: CLOUD COMPUTING WEB
STRATEGY
PNRs generated in a week
TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE UNPREDICTABLE:
Marketing campaigns, special sales, daily
behavior impact on infrastructure sizing.
Unfeasible dimension
infrastructure attending only to
traffic peaks
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03 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: CLOUD COMPUTING WEB
STRATEGY
= OPTIMIZED
BUSINESS=AGILITY
+
BUSINESS &
IT
ALIGNMENT +SERVICE
FLEXIBILITY
INDUSTRY
STANDARDS
+
CLOUD COMPUTING
= Reduced
Cost
….leverages virtualization, standardization and automation to free up
operational budget for new investment
=VIRTUALIZATION
+ ELASTICITY
+STANDARDIZATION AUTOMATION
+
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INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFICIENCY: Dynamic scaling improves efficiency offering a
solution to main two problems for infrastructure:
traffic pattern is unpredictable: there are peaks of request in holidays, due to
special offers…
users demand for faster responses.
REDUCE INITIAL COST: Move from application/tenant to user/transaction/volume pricing
in a opex model.
BUSINESS OUTCOME: To handle budget constraints
Paying only for the infrastructure you a really using
Reducing IT operations and maintenance staff
TIME TO MARKET: Reducing effort, time, staff to provision new infrastructure and
services
CLOUD COMPUTING: gives a technical solution to business
problems on direct channel distribution
03 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: CLOUD COMPUTING WEB
STRATEGY
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WEB
STRATEGY
04 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: ENHANCED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
ENHANCED BOOKING
EXPERIENCE
BOOKING
FLOW
MANAGER
(BFM)
ENHANCED
SHOPPING
NEW
REVENUE &
CUSTOMER
ATTRACTION
PAYMENT
ALTERNATIVES
ONLINE
CHANNELS
CONVERGENCE
Indra’s BFM is an Integration Platform
that allows integration with external
providers allowing:
• Centralize and simplify configuration
setting from PSS & GDS, Ancillaries
providers and payment gateways.
• Easy and quick offer definition from
marketing and commercial staff.
• Allows personalize product and price
definition.
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WEB
STRATEGY
04 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: ENPOWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Amadeus
SITA
Sabre
Radixx
Navitaire
Travelport
Psp
INDRA BOOKING FLOW MANAGER
CACHE
FEEDER
XML
SOAP, EDI, CRYPTIC
CUSTOMER
KNOWLEDGE
SOA, XML, REST & HTTP
SOA, XML &
DB ACCESS FILES
ANCILLIARES HUB
CUSTOMER &
COMPANY PROFILE
BUSINESSSERVICES
(REST,SOA,XML)
CALENDAR WS
METASEARCH
DB LOG FILE
WS
RESERVATION
SOA, XML, REST & HTTP
PAYMENT GATEWAY
PSS & GDS
INV: Inventory
RES :Reservation
TKT: Ticketing
DCS: Departure Control
PSP, MCO, EMD
VOUCHER, COST
CENTER
Air Ancilliares
Airline services
External
KPI &
REPORTING
Internet
Local
Loyalty
Air
Services
Hotel
Car
Insurance
CRM
Loyalty
Corporate
External
1to1productandpricecatalog
NDC
PNR
EMD
EXTERNAL
ORDER ID
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DISTRIBUTION & FARING
WEB
STRATEGY
04 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: EMPOWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
PASSENGERCMS CHANNELS
EASY AND QUICK OFFER DEFINITION
MARKETING
SIMPLIFY DISTRIBUTION
COMPLEXITY: Providing business
services to marketing, commercial
and user interface designer
POWERFUL INTERFACE: Allowing
access in multiple protocols from
direct access (cryptic) to new
standard (NDC, OTA, E-retail)
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04 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
IBERIA EXPRESS: SUCCESS HISTORY
THE HANDICAPS THE GOAL THE RESULT
- Heterogeneous reservation
and distribution system (legacy)
USAS (Resiber): INV, DCS, TKT
Amadeus: Reservation
- Fare settlement dependency
with IAG members
- No EMD support (dependencies
with Amadeus implementation
slots)
New generation business
services handling all direct
channel.
Fast implementation
roadmap (4 moths)
New end-user
functionalities not found
on legacy distribution
New booking experience:
Availability&price: Low price
& upsell
Ancillaries shopping basket
New payment and promotion
tools
New affiliation program
Responsive design (mobile,
tablet, desktop)
WEB
STRATEGY
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WEB
STRATEGY
05 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: FAST TIME TO MARKET
MANAGE CHANGES, CONTROLLING COSTS. change is risk and it is
expensive because it implies rework.
Using Scrum (an Agile methodology) allows us to:
SMALL DELIVERIES: this not only makes things simple, we have
feedback of these deliveries and the project very often and early, so
if adjustments have to be made they are done in «real- time».
PAY ATTENTION ON QUALITY: since early steps quality control is
established in the deliver process, including automated tests, users
validation, good design…
ENHANCE TEAM MOTIVATION: Scrum is focused on collaboration,
implying continuous customer involvement, every member of the
team is aligned with the project goals.
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WEB
STRATEGY
05 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
IBERIA EXPRESS: SUCCESS HISTORY
Graphical design
Front office
Programming
Indra BFM
Product & Price
Catalog
THE GOAL THE ACTION THE RESULT
Create a new website.
Implementation 4 month
New business model
New affiliation program
No impact on fare and IAG
agreements
From design to
implementation in 4
months
Full cloud implementation
minimum IT operations.
Full affiliation program.
Full KPI support to monitor
activity.
From business to implementation
using agile methodology.
Full Business process redesign
attending customer needs.
Airline complexity solved using
Indra BFM product
Strong collaboration with Design
and Front office programming
Focus on delivery
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06 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: CUSTOMER ORIENTED INTERFACE WEB
STRATEGY
“Reviews and design are very important at the moment to buy on the internet”
Felipe 29, Spain
“One of the most boring things when looking for tickets is having to
add data all over again” Ramiro 24, Brazil
“What is more annoying is the lack of transparency, the extra charges. It has to
be clearer, show me the final price” Francine 29, USA
“With age comfort
inside the plane is
more and more
important”
Lidia 48, Chile
“Airline website should be easier
to figure out”
Ruth 52, Portugal
“I lost a reservation because I couldn’t find the moment to go and pay”
Carlos 42, Mexico
PROFILE CONSIDERATIONS
INDRA AIRLINE E-COMMERCE SURVEY 2013
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06 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: CUSTOMER ORIENTED INTERFACE WEB
STRATEGY
NON-NATIVE
DIGITAL
MOBILE
PROFESSIONAL
YOUNG
EXPLORER
MATURE
HEDONIST
Consumers are living multiple personalities and thus demonstrating diverse needs
There exists a greater lack of consistency in their work, home and play ‘profiles’
Consumer profiling has become an uphill task
Businesses find it more difficult to understand the varied needs and thus create a
greater gap between themselves and their consumer
INDRA AIRLINE E-COMMERCE SURVEY 2013
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• DEVELOP FEATURE.
• TEST YOUR HYPOTESYS
• INCLUDE BEST PRACTICES
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WEB STRATEGY: CUSTOMER ORIENTED INTERFACE WEB
STRATEGY
BUILD
LEARN
MEASURE
• HOW USERS REACT?
• GET FEEDBACK
• IS A PIVOT NEEDED, SHOULD I PRESERVE?
• DID I OBTAINED THE EXPECTED RESULTS?
LEAN + UX:
Learn Fast
Learn Cheap
Indra BFM
KPIs
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07 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
WEB STRATEGY: QUICK ADOPTION AFFILIATION PROGRAM WEB
STRATEGY
AIRLINES LOYALTY PROGRAM STRATEGIES HAVE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, FROM
DISCOUNT COUPONS IN PRESS TO ADVANCED LOYALTY SCHEMAS
Discount coupons
in newspapers and
magazines
Loyalty card by points
•Exchange points for
flights with other carriers
•Diversification and
synergies with hotels, car
rental ...
Loyalty model
by Apps
Personal Loyalty
Model
Customer
Identification Card
Attract and retain customer base with a quick adoption product with
minimum complexity
Affiliation program:
Quick access to discount
with only email required.
- No EMD
- No Special Fares
- Quick promotion
definition
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07 ROADMAP TO DIGITAL EVOLUTION
IBERIA EXPRESS: SUCCESS HISTORY WEB
STRATEGY
THE GOAL
THE ACTION
THE RESULT
Create Iberia Express own
client base: attract and
create a brand impact to
retain them.
Affiliation program to
access discounts: both
guest and registered users
can book a flight, but
registered (“Club Express”
members) get an extra
discount.
100.000 club members in
the first four months.
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4
Months
Project duration
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IBERIA EXPRESS: SUCCESS HISTORY
Availability on cloud premises
x4 Bookings through Iberiaexpress.com
+100k Club Express users on first 4 months
99,99%
Functionalities focused on customer needsNEW
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