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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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The last thing any CIO wants is to experience catastrophic operational issues during a peak season, but that’s exactly what executives at Southwest Airlines faced last week. 19-28 far exceeded any other airlines’ operational impacts. Even before the blizzard hit, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan acknowledged on Nov.

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American Airlines takes flight with analytics transformation

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines have struggled with bad weather, fewer air traffic controllers, and a shortage of pilots, all leading to an unprecedented number of cancelations in 2022. Leibman notes that American Airlines operates every hour of every day. American Airlines. “We Leibman, who stepped down on Sept.

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United Airlines gives employees the digital tools to make customers happy

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As CIO of United Airlines, Jason Birnbaum is laser focused on using technology and data to enable the company’s 86,000 employees to create as seamless a customer travel experience as possible. This is important because every transformation chapter depends on use of the technology.

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Aero raises $65M for its semi-private airline

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Aero Technologies , which describes itself as a “next-generation air travel company” which currently operates on a limited number of routes in the U.S. That’s significantly more than for a first-class seat on a domestic airline but also significantly more affordable than a private jet charter. Image Credits: Aero.

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How technology is enabling Melbourne Airport’s growth

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Technology has a key element in that broader corporate strategy in that last year was the first time we embedded technology as part of our corporate scorecard. The team and I pulled together a technology strategy focused on enabling the corporate strategy.” All of that operational technology is supported by my team.”

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Rackspace technology—Award-winning, multi-cloud modernization powered by VMware

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“Every company today is a technology company. The question is, how do we provide the right technology and ease of use so our customers can gain a competitive advantage and solve their business challenges?” says Adrianna Bustamante, vice president of global channel and alliances for Rackspace Technology.

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Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline to launch air taxi service

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Joby Aviation is partnering with Japanese airline ANA to bring aerial ridesharing services to Japan. The auto giant led Joby’s $590 million Series C round in 2020 and has shared expertise with the startup on electrification technology, as well as manufacturing, quality and cost controls, according to a Joby spokesperson.

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