This is the fifth podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs!

In this series, we’re speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover the secrets behind building exceptional digital experiences.

This time, we dive into the world of digital analytics and data-driven UX with Kamran Emre Sayin, Digital Analytics and MarTech Leader at Turkish Airlines Technology. His team recently implemented a sophisticated analytics framework that helps measure and optimize user experience across Turkish Airlines’ digital platforms.

Kamran shares insights on:

This episode is packed with actionable takeaways for airline digital and UX leaders looking to leverage analytics for better user experiences and business results.

You can find the full article with key insights, quotes, and takeaways from this episode here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-data-driven-ux-turkish-airlines/

This is the fourth podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs!

In this series, we’re speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover the secrets behind building exceptional digital experiences.

This episode is a special one, recorded on the road in Belgrade with Srdjan Prokić, Head of E-Commerce at Air Serbia. Srdjan shares his journey of building Air Serbia’s mobile app from scratch and offers practical insights into mobile-first design, collaborating with UX agencies, and using user feedback to tackle complex airline challenges.

From simplifying payment flows to innovative features like the histogram for flexible pricing, Srdjan provides real-world examples of how Air Serbia creates seamless mobile experiences.

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You can find the full article with examples, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-series-mobile-first-design/

This is the third podcast in our Airline UX Series in partnership with 815Labs!

In this series we're speaking with top airline and travel UX leaders to uncover what it takes to build outstanding digital experiences.

This time, our guest is Martyn Reding—former Head of Digital Experience for an airline at Virgin Atlantic and now Director of User Experience Design at Expedia. He also developed his own platform where he is mentoring designers and managers from the global UX community.

So, Martyn really is one of the best people from our industry to talk about digital experience and UX design.

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You can find the full article with examples, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-design-teams-in-travel/

This is the second podcast in our new Airline Leader Interview Series, where we talk with industry UX leaders about how to build a great digital experience and user experience (UX) for airlines.

Together with our new podcast partner, 815Labs—experts in building top-tier airline UX—we’ve structured a series of episodes that bring together insights from leaders across various perspectives to understand what it takes to create exceptional airline UX.

In this second episode Carlos Lima Santana, Senior Product Designer shared his unique views, and broad understanding in what goes into designing great airline digital experience.

Carlos talked about the basic principles of UX design, why you need to cover the basic first, the balance between doing the most obvious things and innovating new, about the most important trait for a great UX designer, testing and many more.

You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-ux-what-sets-top-designers-apart/

Earlier this year, we launched the Airline Leader Interview Series, where we spoke with industry leaders about high-level trends and strategies. But now, we’ve decided to dig deeper into one key topic: how to build a great digital experience and user experience (UX) for airlines.

Our goal is to bring various great UX leaders to share their perspectives on different UX topics, so by the end of the series, you’ll have a much deeper understanding of how to create outstanding airline digital experiences.

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/key-ux-concepts-for-airline-success/

Diggintravel Podcast is back for our fifth year, and we couldn't think of a better way to start the new season than with one of the top digital minds in the airline industry, Ricard Vila, Chief Digital Officer at LATAM Airlines.

In this talk, Ricard explained how LATAM Airlines built a unique ecosystem to succeed and move faster in the digital world.

Ricard's talk goes beyond the usual digital transformation buzzwords and narratives, delving into concrete concepts and examples--as you'll see some are quite unconventional--to illustrate how LATAM is actively re-shaping its digital culture.

This was one of the most enlightening talks on our podcast, so we highly recommend it to anyone interested in understanding how airline digital transformation unfolds.

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-digital-culture-latam-airlines/

Another exciting Diggintravel Podcast episode, featuring an in-depth discussion with Surya Kuchibotla, Head of eCommerce and Distribution at flyadeal.

Discover how flyadeal is building a modern digital commerce tech stack and leveraging technology to carve out a competitive edge.

• Flyadeal's unique organizational model

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/modern-airline-digital-commerce-stack-flyadeal/

You can find how airline marketers can build relevant, timely, trustworthy customer experiences on autopilot with AI here:

https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/

For all you digital professionals who want to learn how the best airlines are mastering analytics and doing so at scale, this Diggintravel Podcast episode is a must-listen.

Today, we bring you another insightful case study: the Lufthansa Group and their Digital Hangar’s journey from web and CRO analytics to airline product analytics.

Laura J. Hornbake, Product Analytics Community of Practice Lead at Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar, talked about their shift towards a decentralized model and the establishment of a digital analytics community of practice, highlighting how some of the most innovative airlines are revolutionizing the use of analytics to build better products more efficiently and on a larger scale.

And naturally, our discussion wouldn’t be complete without delving into personalization and AI.

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/lufthansas-group-evolution-to-airline-product-analytics/

https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/

To kick off the new year, we're doing something different at Diggintravel Podcast. And it's all about helping you advance your airline digital career!

This episode is all about how to find and land your ideal airline digital job.

As we step into 2024, the digital landscape keeps evolving, and AI is reshaping our world daily. Understanding the skills to acquire, what to learn, and where to focus for your airline digital career has never been more challenging.

That's why we sought insights from Arpad Szakal, a seasoned recruiter and executive talent consultant with extensive global airline experience. In our latest podcast chat, Arpad shares practical advice to help you seize opportunities in the airline digital marketing world.

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-digital-career-2024-guide/

https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/

Marketing and marketing technology are changing fast!

With constant changes and mounting pressure on airlines to stay on top, we've decided to help you navigate these shifts with a special two-part podcast series.

Today, in Part II, join us and founder and editor of Martech Weekly Juan Mendoza as we explore the state of digital analytics and how analytics and measuring measuring marketing effectiveness will change in the future.

And why we need to get back to basics and find alternative approach to when it comes to measuring how you airline digital marketing campaigns perform and which channels and initiative really generate incremental growth and bookings.

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You can find the full article with examples, screenshots, key concepts, quotes, and other notes from this chat here:

https://diggintravel.com/airline-marketing-digital-analytics-marketing-effectiveness//

https://useinsider.com/sirius-ai-generative-ai-solution-for-customer-experience/