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Airsiders: Transforming Air Travel with Virtual Interlining and OAG Data

Airsiders collaborate with Airports and Airlines to create a seamless travel experience for passengers powered by Flight Info API

Airsiders is a Berlin-based travel-tech company that develops solutions in virtual interlining, airport wayfinding and baggage check-thru for virtual interlining flights. Here's how Airsiders use OAG data to help fuel their mission to make travel seamless.

Airsiders' Story

Founded in Berlin in 2020, Airsiders provide innovative travel products for consumers and build market-changing software & services that are in high demand by travellers and enable airlines & airports. Airsiders excel in virtual interlining solutions, significantly enhancing the passenger experience and operational efficiency in aviation.

Airsiders has three main products:

Check-thru

An all-inclusive connection service for virtual interlining. 

Check-thru simplifies the journey for self-connecting passengers by allowing the passenger to book a connecting flight between carriers that do not have a codesharing partnership, and have their bags transferred to the next flight, without the passenger having to check their bags back in. 

Volario

Built from the ground-up using Airsiders technology, Volario is a consumer-facing travel platform that takes away the pain of booking and flying with itineraries that involve multiple carriers.

For airlines & airports, Volario presents a new way to reach new passengers, open new markets, fill empty seats, and drive revenue; all without the need for the costs that come with traditional interlining.

Compass

Compass is Airsiders’ airport travel planner and digital wayfinding solution for travellers. Compass provides a fully personalised digital airport experience, offering a preview of the traveller’s journey, to guiding them around the airport in real time.

This game-changing solution enables airports to promote their services, from personalising the passenger experience, to providing estimated times for transfers, to security & passport control, and more.

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The Challenge

Seeing the rapid growth of virtual interlining (200m+ bookings a year!), Airsiders wanted to provide a solution to airlines and airports that improved customer experiences. Their mission was to make it easier to connect between any carrier, no matter if low-cost or full service, whilst having seamless baggage transfers and disruption support. The team wanted to empower airlines to sell more seats and provide a full-service connection that made strategic airline partnerships possible. 

To do so, Airsiders needed access to a broad range of aviation datasets. One example is Schedules data,  which they need to inform their operations. Airsiders needed an API that could be called by a variety of parameters, for example flight number, airport, airline, or date. The airport level data would allow Airsiders to see which airlines are operating at what time and to where, to see if they can build a connection and allow the baggage to transfer all the way through. 

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OAG’s schedule data is at the heart of everything we do at Airsiders. This partnership allows us to deliver unprecedented value to customers and drive industry innovation while providing cutting-edge technologies that aim to set new standards in the airline industry.

Antonio Pascale, Commercial director

 

The Solution

With Schedules and Seats Data in Flight Info API, Airsiders enhanced its two primary business products, the first of which was Volario. Powered by virtual interline (VI) technologies, the Volario platform is purpose-built to enable Airsiders to make their VI service available to travellers directly, as well as via metasearch and the websites of partner airlines. 

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The results

With the help of OAG Schedules and Seats Data in Flight Info API, Airsiders was able to create its own reports and analytics to use with airlines in conversations, encouraging growth, capacity and connectivity potential. They power virtual interlining services at major airports, bridging the gap between full-service and low-cost carriers, enhancing connectivity and offering more travel options to passengers.

Antonio Pascale, Airsiders' Commercial director, expressed the importance of OAG’s API to the business, its bulk 30-day period allowing for helpful integration and a clear view of the market:

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"By leveraging OAG’s extensive data, we can quickly and easily build internal and external use cases, which are critical for driving conversations with airlines and airports and making the right decisions in a short amount of time. This collaboration not only strengthens our service offerings but also reinforces our commitment to excellence and continuous improvement in the aviation sector.’’

Antonio Pascale, Commercial director
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OAG has the most flexible frequency delivery capability in the market. Its fast and easy to use data solutions and APIs ensure flexible integration and enable technology providers to manage and control their own supply of air travel data – which maximizes efficiency, saves money and creates an unrivalled competitive advantage. OAG’s schedules and flight status data solutions have become the number one choice for technology providers, travel management companies and innovators.