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airline distribution Archives - the Game Changer Network Home JOIN US Membership Community Top 10 Tribute Success Sustainability LISTEN 15-30 minutes 30-45 minutes 45-60 minutes 60+ minutes DISCOVER Back by Popular Demand Customer Centricity Enterpreneur Faith Featured Finance For Next Generation Leaders GlobalMerchantryGrowth / Innovation In Between Successes / Career Leadership Life Balance / Wellness Marketing / Trends Memoirs Uncommon Giving Productivity Technology THE BLOG THE BOOK Pre-Order Books The Game Changer It Takes a Village Be a Game Changer My AccountWell-nighUsWell-nighUs Solutionz Meet the Founder Contact Us Tag: airline distribution From deregulation to automation to online – 40 years of distribution Chicke Fitzgerald / February 28, 2012 / Uncategorized DEREGULATION Deregulation of the US Airline Industry in 1978 brought enormous transpiration to the US travel landscape, making entry into new markets wieldy and entry as a new airline much increasingly feasible.  Deregulation took us from 60 airlines in 1970 to 90 in 1978 all the way to 192 airlines serving the US in 2010. […] ReadIncreasinglyClarification in terminology –UncontrivedConnect or SupplierUncontrivedChicke Fitzgerald / August 24, 2011 / Uncategorized Thanks to Jim Davidson for his comments on The Beat on my post onWaterworksShift (see unelevated for his comments in italics).  Jim is right.  There are two things at issue here.  DIRECT CONNECT – Farelogix provides a technology solution to suppliers which they refer to as the “Direct Connect Distribution Model” that allows […] ReadIncreasinglyDon’t be fooled.UncontrivedDistribution is not self-ruling Chicke Fitzgerald / July 7, 2011 / Uncategorized Click here to read previous story Looking through a single lens can be hazardous I sit, admittedly somewhat amused, by suppliers that squint at their distribution options and discard what they deem as “higher cost” channels in favor of uncontrived distribution.   In May, I wrote well-nigh what happens when you only squint through one lens […] ReadIncreasinglyDistribution Basics: The forfeit of producing an airline booking Chicke Fitzgerald / June 1, 2011 / Uncategorized At issue in the war between the airlines and the GDS, are a number of things, but first and foremost is the one of cost. I believe the real issue is that the airlines don’t believe that they should have to withstand the upper forfeit of the GDS’s legacy environment and would like to see […] ReadIncreasinglyAA/Sabre Dispute: All is quiet on the western front…. Chicke Fitzgerald / June 1, 2011 / Uncategorized For the time being, June 1st is not the cataclysmic event that had been predicted, but the engines have not been turned off in this game of chicken, at least not just yet. This morning, Travelocity (powered by Sabre) still has AA prominently displayed and the travel management companies that we serve still seem to […] ReadIncreasinglyDistribution Fundamentals: Looking through a single lens can be hazardous Chicke Fitzgerald / May 27, 2011 / Uncategorized Any first year MBA student once knows that in order to see the profit picture clearly, you need to squint at both revenue and cost. The sunglass graphic at the right is one that I created to make this very vital point. Most of you have played the game of tent up one eye and […] ReadIncreasinglyIs it time to “make nice” with the offline travel organ distribution channel? Chicke Fitzgerald / January 3, 2011 / Uncategorized Sharpening mismatch online between OTAs and Airlines renews discussion well-nigh the value of the offline distribution channels – namely the mega agencies that focus largely on the corporate traveler and the other, nearly 16,000 brick and mortar agencies still in merchantry in this country. As we listen to the media talk well-nigh the Expedia and […] ReadIncreasinglyThe hubbub over American Airlines online Chicke Fitzgerald / December 29, 2010 / Uncategorized I find it interesting that the travel industry, and online travel in particular, believes that it has the birthright to exhibit 100% of all travel supplier content. Conversely, that suppliers should take for granted that all distribution channels should have the obligation to distribute their products on their terms. In any other retail environment, there […] ReadIncreasinglyStop the Madness – Some simple steps toward profitability Chicke Fitzgerald / October 12, 2010 / Uncategorized Today I have been working on finalizing a market towage report for a vendee and I have to tell you that I am once then astounded by our very own airline industry.  Please don’t get me wrong.  I like to fly.  Well, not really.  But I used to like to fly.  We had legroom, hot […] ReadIncreasinglyCorrection on yesterday’s post on online travel organ ripen Chicke Fitzgerald / May 18, 2010 / Uncategorized CORRECTION TO 5/17/2010 POST According to ARC, the current air ticket sales stats unquestionably show the OTAs still growing year-over-year, with the RATE of growth unthriving a bit (see the orchestration in the original post).  Clearly the rate of growth in merchantry travel via the Megas is making the OTAs growth squint increasingly mild, but […] ReadIncreasinglyNewer → Footer MenuABOUT Guest Hosts CONTACT Copyright 2018| The Game Changer Network, Inc.| All rights reserved.