Radixx Malware Attack and How to Avoid Distribution Havoc in the Future
As if a pandemic shattering demand for air travel was not enough, last week aviation headlines were centered on another chaotic event for about 20 airlines: due to a malware attack, the systems of Radixx, a Sabre (SABR)-owned company that offers budget solutions mostly to low-cost airlines, had to shut down temporarily. The most echoed effect was on U.S. startup Avelo Air; the outage shut down its system on April 21, exactly seven days before its first revenue operation, and
The Allegiant business model leads the way post-COVID
Anyone following the United States commercial aviation market might spot a trend within the two most important and advanced startups: their business model is basically the same, offering unbundled service for very low fares and serving less dense markets, which mostly never saw any nonstop services. The first, Avelo Airlines, has already started sales, and the first routes came to no surprise. 11 nonstop routes from its initial base -- Burbank, a secondary airport in the Grea
