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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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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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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. Now, we have collaborative conversations about accountability for business outcomes, not system performance.”

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United Airlines CISO Deneen DeFiore on elevating cyber’s value to the business

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Deneen DeFiore is a Hall of Fame technology executive who currently serves as vice president and chief information security officer at United Airlines, where she leads the cybersecurity and digital risk organization to ensure the company is prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to evolving cyber threats.

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Data and gen AI: Keys to Air Europa’s digital strategy

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Case in point is Spanish airline Air Europa, even though their longstanding approach to data has given them a jump on applying the technology. But it’s still early days since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022. So large corporations are still being put to the test with their implementing processes.

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ESG reporting: Carbon in the cloud

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Carbon emissions for datacenters exceed the airline industry Most people do not understand complex global datacenters. However, most people understand, and frequently use, airlines. of global carbon emissions, exceeds carbon produced by the airline industry globally.

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Counting the cost of CrowdStrike: the bug that bit billions

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Parametrix claims that there was only $146 million in direct loss to the airline industry,” he said. But several airlines experienced multiple days of outage (Delta was finally cleared up and running on Wednesday this week).

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