![]() ![]() And what you'll hear from him is a sober, unfiltered view of the challenges and opportunities that the airline industry is facing both today and in the near future. Dec has been in the industry for a long time. More broadly though, with discuss how low cost airlines make money in a highly commoditized environment, the revenue opportunities, ways to remove costs from operations and the role of technology in this relentless pursuit of operational excellence. And some very funny moments including negotiating a potential acquisition with British airways. The strategic choices, early pivots all the mistakes along the way. How they chose to compete with legacy airlines. ![]() Dec takes us to the early days of Ryanair, how they viewed the market opportunity initially. And we have just the right guests to take a deep dive into this fascinating topic. It's important to highlight the evolution of the low cost airline business model and learn the lessons from this market. With commercial drone operations, starting to gain momentum and the contours of future eVTOL operations becoming better. Welcome to The Vertical Space for a discussion with Declan Ryan, one of the co-founders of Ryanair and a serial builder of low cost airlines. I don't think the carriers think enough about that, that data is gold and I don't think the carriers treat it as gold We would eat the data of somebody walking into an airplane and you have them in a closed environment flying with you for a couple of hours. If we had customers that came into a unit of Google, we would be able to say to you, here's a deal about carrying baggage or here's a deal about hotels. We discuss many other topics such as decarbonizing aviation, supersonic air travel, how startups should pitch airline customers, advice to entrepreneurs, and much more. There are many lessons that the AAM industry should embrace, mistakes it should not repeat, and Dec highlights those backing them up with personal experience starting, running, or being involved in a number of airlines around the world. Throughout the conversation, we make references to AAM and ways in which the lessons learned in the low-cost airline business might inform eVTOL operations and drone operations at scale. More broadly though, we discuss how low-cost airlines make money in a highly commoditized environment, the revenue opportunities, ways to remove cost from operations, and the role of technology in the relentless pursuit of operational excellence.ĭec has been in the industry for a long time and what you’ll hear from him is a sober, unfiltered view of the challenges and opportunities that the airline industry is facing, both today and in the near future. And we have just the right guest to take a deep dive into this fascinating topic.ĭec takes us to the early days of Ryanair: how they viewed the market opportunity, how they chose to compete with legacy airlines, the strategic choices and early pivots, the mistakes along the way…and some very funny moments including negotiating an acquisition with British Airways. With commercial drone operations starting to gain momentum and the contours of future eVTOL operations becoming better understood, it is important to highlight the evolution of the low-cost airline business model and learn the lessons from this market. Welcome back to The Vertical Space for a discussion with Declan Ryan, one of the co-founders of Ryanair and a serial builder of low-cost airlines.
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