Overcoming the airline industry’s mobile-app fiasco

A few airlines are finally betting on re-imaging the airline mobile app experience including AirAsia, the world’s most digitally aggressive airline app.

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.

The return of commercial supersonic flights

With one of the first-ever price sensitivity surveys among air travelers, we evaluated the feasibility of a supersonic air-travel comeback.
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Nerdy Research Reports

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Mapping the Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem

Free whitepaper visualizing the current commercial relationships between the various players in the growing Advanced Air Mobility industry.

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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.

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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.

Research articles for story lovers

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These work activities could stay virtual post-pandemic

We compared the favorite virtual work use cases to predict their long-term viability by quantifying consumer and investor interest.

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Overcoming the airline industry’s mobile-app fiasco

A few airlines are finally betting on re-imaging the airline mobile app experience including AirAsia, the world’s most digitally aggressive airline app.

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Industry experts weigh in on the future of business travel

Travel experts from companies like Amadeus, Skift, and BCD Travel provide their predictions on the future of business travel post-Covid.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Infographics that make you go wow

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Mapping Berlin’s biggest Travel and Mobility Tech startups

The 20 most-funded Travel and Mobility Tech startups headquartered in Berlin post-Covid.

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The Advanced Air Mobility Investment Dashboard

Investment tracker across the key building blocks in the Advanced Air Mobility ecosystem.

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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 environmental impact of today’s transport types

Ranking all major urban transport modes based on their carbon-emission output.

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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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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 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.

Sweet Startup Lists

  • 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 the interest of airlines.
  • 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 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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