Airline Distribution Cost Analysis demo

What the demo shows

Ask what each sales channel really costs and where to steer volume, for distribution teams

The distribution manager asks in plain words: what does a GDS booking on one long-haul route cost us versus NDC direct? A planner agent picks the last month with every invoice in, and six agents read the GDS invoices, contracts, card statements, booking data and the ledger. The answer is a cost stack: $37.80 for a GDS booking against $11.20 through NDC direct, layer by layer — GDS fee, agency payment, card fee, technology, servicing, settlement — and each layer opens its source, such as the GDS contract's $6.45 tier B rate and that month's invoice line. Fixed costs stay apart. The manager asks back for corporate bookings only: $41.60 against $12.90. The steering agent turns the $28.70 gap into a proposal worth an estimated $33.1M a year, tests it against the contracts and spreads the move so one GDS keeps its volume tier, keeping $2.56M a year; the check agent recomputes it blind. The VP Sales and Distribution approves with a reason code. The answer is saved, shared and refreshed when the next invoices land.

Transcript

1. 0:00Airline Distribution Cost Analysis shows what each sales channel truly costs and where to steer.
2. 0:08A GDS booking can cost $30 more, yet few airlines know the real cost.
3. 0:16Jordan asks what a Chicago, London GDS booking costs versus NDC direct.
4. 0:25Six agents read August's invoices, contracts, and bookings and check each other.
5. 0:32The answer, $37.80 through a GDS, GDS, 1120 through NDC Direct.
6. 0:40Every layer opens its source.
7. 0:43Here, the contract rate.
8. 0:46Fixed costs stay apart, so savings count only real cost.
9. 0:52Corporate only? The gap grows to 2870.
10. 0:57The steering agent proposes a shift worth an estimated $33 million a year.
11. 1:04It tests the contracts first, so a GDS volume tier is kept.
12. 1:11The VP approves with a reason code.
13. 1:14Every number cited, signed, and logged.
14. 1:18Result, $41 million a year of steering found, tied to the ledger.
15. 1:25Built on Botminds.
16. 1:27Agents, data, screens, and governance on one platform.

Transcribed from the film’s narration. Captions are on the player.