E-commerce has changed the face of the airline industry. This white paper outlines how different stakeholders have leveraged IT to innovate and compete in a rapidly changing environment.
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At its present running costs, the airline industry cannot afford to use RFID tags to monitor the baggage of two billion passengers every year. Infosys has a vision to make airline baggage mishandling a thing
... of past. Our deep domain knowledge and mature RFID practice help you create a clear business case for such investments.
Airline maintenance and engineering (M&E) calls for a new breed of third-party IT providers who can assist airlines to source PMA parts cheaply, build B2B platforms between airlines with identical aircraft types, or distribute
... the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on behalf of the airline to the most efficient providers. New generation systems, backed by IT, can allow service providers to de-package and repackage the contents of the maintenance check and distribute it across the network, to offer 30%-40% cost savings.
RFID adoption in the airline industry is way behind other industries, for example Retail. The Unit Load Device (ULD) tracking solution has the potential to transform the air cargo industry. However, a pure
... techno-centric approach would be woefully inadequate. Infosys makes a case for a comprehensive understanding of all underlying issues prior to the application of RFID technology in air cargo.