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Use case · Travel

Flight disruption notifications

Real-time flight delay and cancellation notifications with AEP and Journey Optimizer: business events, throttling, rebooking links and measurement.

Quick answer

Flight disruption notifications use an operational business event - a delay or cancellation - to trigger messages to every affected passenger with the new time, rebooking options and loyalty-aware service. Throttling protects channels during large disruptions, and duplicate suppression prevents repeated messages when the operational status changes several times.

How it works

Flight disruption notificationsFLIGHT DISRUPTION NOTIFICATIONS1Ops eventdelay/cancel2Find passengersbookings3Dedupelatest status4Notifypush/SMS5Rebook link6Measureself-serve rate
Use-case flow from signal to measurement.

Trigger and data needed

Trigger: business event from operations: flight delayed or cancelled

  • Operational flight status event
  • Booking-to-passenger lookup
  • Loyalty tier
  • Push and SMS consent

Audience and journey logic

  1. Trigger on a business event for the flight
  2. Resolve affected passengers from bookings
  3. Keep only the latest status per passenger
  4. Send push or SMS with the new time
  5. Offer self-service rebooking for cancellations
  6. Escalate premium tiers to service teams

Channels

  • Push
  • SMS
  • Email
  • App inbox

How to measure it

  • Self-service rebooking rate
  • Contact-centre calls per disrupted passenger
  • Delivery latency

Guardrails

  • Throttle sends during mass disruption
  • Never send conflicting times
  • Fallback text if loyalty data is missing

See it in a case study

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