Demand Analysis

Online travel service is so complex that it involves many aspects such as flight ticket search, travel management, airport transportation, transfer, group and individual tourism, etc. Each of these behavior generates demand for data such as flight status, weather, on-time performance, and flight amenities.

Our Solution

Since 2012, Ctrip has been working with Variflight closely in terms of aviation data solutions. We developed diversified solutions to meet demands for different product lines and markets of Ctrip. With the seamless integration of our data into Ctip's platforms, users who want to book a flight on Ctrip platforms can find rich flight information on aircraft type, OTP rate, seat, and other amenities. When the status of a flight changes, Ctrip push notifications powered by VariFlight will be a valuable reference for the passenger to reschedule his or her journey.

Achievements

Our solution grows with our customers. Variflight is flexible in designing solutions for customers of different stages. With our support, Ctrip can not only provide trustworthy travel data for its users, but also creates an optimized travel experience and become more competitive in setting a higher quality standard for the travel industry.

Demand Analysis

As an innovative feature of DiDi's core ride-hailing service, the airport pick-up and drop-off service aims at the niche market of airport transportation. In order to optimize travel experience and save time for drivers, DiDi needs an algorithm that can streamline its order processing and driver dispatching system for the airport service. As an innovative feature of DiDi's core ride-hailing service, the airport pick-up and drop-off service aims at the niche market of airport transportation. In order to optimize travel experience and save time for drivers, DiDi needs an algorithm that can streamline its order processing and driver dispatching system for the airport service.

Our Solution

DiDi started to work with Variflight to upgrade its airport pick-up and drop-off service in 2015. Targeting at improving travel experience and efficiency, Variflight proposed a solution integrating global flight status data, flight schedule, terminal information, air traffic flow data, and passenger flow data. By introducing the advanced ADS-B technology, Variflight can monitor the location and velocity of a flight and calculate a more precise ETA so that drivers with DiDi can know the best time for picking up passengers at the airport. Meanwhile, by adding the passenger flow prediction data into its dispatching system, DiDi is able to maximize utilization rate of its vehicles.

Achievements

Variflight's leading data solution has helped DiDi to create a more efficient and precise operation system which builds a smooth connection between passengers and drivers. With the support of Variflight, DiDi's airport pick up and drop off revenue has tripled in 3 years.

What's needed for a successful flight compensation?

Traditionally, compensations for delayed or cancelled flights are often claimed by an air traveler with the involved airline. In order to get the compensation, the traveler has to record what was wrong with his/her flight and the details and circumstances of the flight delay or cancellation, including time information. However, such information is often not accessible to ordinary travelers, and therefore, many compensations are either neglected by eligible travelers or rejected by airlines.

What's the solution?

VariFlight offers a solution which includes live flight status push and historical flight status verification, the former covering scheduled time for departure & arrival, actual time for departure & arrival, and any disruptive changes in status like diversion, return, or cancellation, while the latter recording time information for any discrepancies between the scheduled and actual flight which dates back to as long as 1 year.

From knowing data to understanding data

As an aviation data specialist monitoring flight status for over 94% of global commercial flights, VariFlight understands better than anyone else what type of data are needed and how the data should be applied for a new business scenario. By having worked with businesses of different sizes and stages and from varied sectors, we can easily identify the potential of aviation data in driving a successful business.