Are air taxis ready for prime time?

This report provides a data-driven view into the state of the air taxi ecosystem including a patent analysis ranking eVTOL technology leaders.

The New Transportation Leaderboard

A mapping of the leading 150+ New Transportation companies, ranging from e-scooter and shared-bike operators all the way to space-travel providers.

100 virtual work startups substituting business travel

Mapping the 100 most-funded startups that challenge the need for business travel.
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Nerdy Research Reports

Report

Are air taxis ready for prime time?

This report provides a data-driven view into the state of the air taxi ecosystem including a patent analysis ranking eVTOL technology leaders.

Report

The State of Travel and Mobility Tech in Asia

This free report highlights the major trends in the Asian Travel and Mobility Tech sector, from its early days to the game-changing year of 2020.

Report

The Airline Digital Index (ADiX) 2019 Edition

The Airline Digital Index (ADiX) quantifies the degree of digitalization of 26 major airlines in Europe and the Americas.

Infographics that make you go wow

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100 virtual work startups substituting business travel

Mapping the 100 most-funded startups that challenge the need for business travel.

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The Travel and Mobility Category Heatmap

Weekly updated y-o-y changes in mobile-app usage across major categories in Travel and Mobility Tech.

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The Airline Flight Demand Tracker

The progression of flight capacity by region signals the trajectories of a potential flight-demand return.

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The Accommodation Demand Tracker: Hotels vs. Rentals

Keeping track of bookings for classic hotels vs. Airbnb-like short-term rentals in times of Covid-19.

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Innovative companies beat their peers during the Covid-19 crisis

Comparing the market cap of innovative companies vs. the broader market during the pandemic.

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The lack of corporate innovation in the travel industry

The number of the most innovative companies by industry sector. Tracked over time.

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Mapping all unicorns in Travel and Mobility Tech

All startups in Travel and Mobility Tech that are currently valued at more than $1 billion.

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Update: Video conferencing is eating (business) travel

Video-conferencing company Zoom is now worth more than the 15 largest airlines in the world.

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Airline stock price performance during major pandemics

A comparison of airlines' stock price performance during COVID-19, SARS, H1N1 and MERS.

Research articles for story lovers

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Why travelers believe airports are safer than aircraft

What worries travelers the most? Analyzing social and news media posts related to Covid-19 measures taken by airports and airlines.

Article

Domestic flights as scapegoats for the climate crisis

We analyzed the emission of greenhouse gases by means of transport, and put it in relation to overall media attention.

Article

The biggest pain points in air travel and how to fix them

We analyzed 15,000+ airline reviews on TripAdvisor with NLP for an objective analysis on how to (finally) fix the air-travel experience.

Article

Seven predictions on how tech will shape travel and mobility

Gleb Tritus, Managing Director of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, discusses how the 2020s will become the most pivotal decade for our sector.

Article

Update: How will the travel industry recover?

Comparing the odds for a V-curve vs. U-curve vs. L-curve progression down the road for the Travel and Mobility Tech sector.

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Travelers don’t walk the green talk – here’s what to do

Together with price-prediction booking platform Hopper, we tested whether travelers’ intentions to travel greener translate into action.

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Sweet Startup Lists

  • 1 DiDi Chuxing 57.6B$
  • 2 SpaceX 31.5B$
  • 3 Airbnb 31.0B$

Startup List

All of today’s unicorns in Travel and Mobility Tech

Get a complete overview of all privately-held startups in Travel and Mobility Tech with a company valuation of at least 1 billion US dollars.
  • 1 JetBlue 22
  • 2 KLM 16
  • 3 Qantas 14

Startup List

Airlines and their startup investments

Corporate venture capital (CVC) is on the rise. This also applies to the airline industry. Find out which startups have piqued airlines' interest.
  • 1 Karma Automotive $1,741M
  • 2 Better Place $800M
  • 3 Handy $425M

Startup List

Travel & Mobility Tech’s startup graveyard

There are many lessons to be learned from startups that didn't make it. Check out this overview of the biggest startup failures in Travel & Mobility Tech.

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