AVIS & VariFlight Cooperates to Enh+ance China’s Airport Transfer Service
临近春节，越来越多的游子已经思乡情切，早早看好了回家的飞机，据2018年中国民航工作会议透露，2017年中国民航预计全年将完成5.49亿人次的旅客运输，同比增长12.6%，对于2018年，民航预期旅客运输量将达6.12亿人次。据易观智库调查发现，民航旅客在选择交通工具上多偏向于接送机，由此伴随着乘机旅客增长而来的，便是往返机场用车需求的上涨。
The Spring Festival is around the corner, and more homesick passengers have already booked the homebound air tickets. As discussed earlier in 2018 National Civil Aviation Work Conference, China Civil Aviation probably handled 549 million person-times in 2017, with a year-on-year growth of 12.6 percent, and is expected to reach 612 million person-times in 2018. According to the survey conducted by Yiguan Zhiku, more and more travelers tend to choose airport pickup and drop-off, indicating a persistent growth in car service demand along with air passengers increase.
此外，注重出行效率与舒适度的商旅精英人士也是用车的主要消费群体。据全球商旅旅行协会数据显示，中国商旅支出在2016年凭借3180亿美元超越美国成为商旅总消费最高的国家，预计2017年将达到3446亿美元，超过第二名美国市场近18%。民航旅客井喷式的增长加上商旅市场的持续催热，接送机成为了中国最具市场潜力的专车细分市场之一，于是接送机业务的升级便迫在眉睫。1月22日，美国著名租车品牌AVIS安飞士租车与航班数据服务商飞常准展开战略合作，全面升级中国接送机业务。此番强强联手，将一起推动中国接送机市场革新升级，为消费者打造品质出行全新体验。
Focusing on travel efficiency and comfort level, business elites also account for a large part of airport transfer consumers. According to Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), China surpassed the US in business trip expenditure in 2016 with a total amount of $318 billion USD, ranking first in the world. Additionally, it’s expected to reach $344.6 billion USD in 2017, almost 18 percent higher than the US. With the spurting growth of air passengers and the sustaining prosperity of business travel market, airport transfer service has become the most potential market in car rental market segment in China. The rapid increase of the business creates an urgent demand for quality improving. On Jan 22, AVIS, the well-known American car rental enterprise, launched its strategic partnership with the aviation data service provider VariFlight, to comprehensively promote the airport transfer service in China. This win-win cooperation indicates an upcoming innovation in Chinese airport car rental market, as well as creates a brand-new experience for all passengers.
产品技术升级 提高接送机服务精准度
Innovative Technology Boost Airport Transfer Accuracy
“准是运气晚是命”，航班延误一直是让乘客颇为烦恼的事，据飞常准大数据统计，2017年中国境内机场出港准点率为64.5%，起飞平均延误时长为40分钟。与此同时，接送机业务便承受着航班延误问题困扰。当航班起飞发生延误时，接送机服务商需适时调整派单逻辑，提高运营效率。“为规避延误带来的时间损失，飞常准接送机支持方案中，在算法上对延误因子进行评估，通过预计到达、起飞时间辅助优化服务商派单逻辑，提高服务商的运营效率。”飞常准用车业务负责人介绍。作为国内航班延误领域的创新探索者，飞常准一流的大数据处理能堪称是应对航班延误的最佳工具。不仅仅是提供延误信息，飞常准更是深入到机场地面运行，这也正是此次与AVIS安飞士租车合作的契机。
“It’s lucky that your flight is punctual, while delays are just the destiny.” This popular self-mocking actually reveal a cruel fact that flight delays cause headache for millions of passengers. According to VariFlight, airports in mainland China have an on-time departure rate of 64.5 percent in 2017, with an average delay of 40 minutes, from which car rental service, other than those distraught passengers, suffers the most. When a departure delays, car service providers need to adjust the dispatching logic to improve operation efficiency. “To avoid time loss brought by flight delays, all delay factors shall be taken into algorithm evaluation in VariFlight’s solution”, Director of VariFlight car services aid, “We help car rental companies to optimize order dispatching algorithm through a more accurate ETA and ETD and ultimately improve their operational efficiency.” As an innovative pioneer in exploring flight delay solutions, VariFlight’s top-ranking data processing capacity is the best tool to deal with flight delays. VariFlight’s services not only provide delay causes and arrangement advices, but also extend to the airport ground operation. Therefore VariFlight has the chance and the right product to collaborate with AVIS.
于1946年创立于美国底特律的AVIS安飞士租车，是全球第一个将据点设于机场的租车公司，业务遍及世界165个国家和地区，拥有6000多个网点，已经发展成为全球规模最大、产品最多、服务范围最广的汽车租赁品牌之一。2002年正式进入中国，完成了中国30个城市，65家门店、239个服务网点的覆盖。此次合作中，AVIS安飞士租车将在其移动端全面应用飞常准接送机支持方案，通过产品技术的创新合作，提升接送机服务精准度。再过不到半个月，就将进入一年一度的春运时间，安飞士租车将依托飞常准对春节期间大客流的智能数据预估，优化派单逻辑，使机场接送机服务时间更加精准，避免飞机延误带来的用车时间困扰，为乘客提供便捷又舒适的接送机用车，以一如既往的品质服务备战春运。
Founded in 1946 in Detroit, USA, AVIS is the world's first car rental company which expand its services into airport transportations. With more than 6,000 service points across the world covering 165 countries and regions, AVIS has grown into one of the world's biggest car rental brands enjoying the most products and the most extensive range of services. In 2002, AVIS formally entered China opening 65 stores and 239 service points in 30 cities. Through this innovative cooperation in technology, AVIS will comprehensively implement VariFlight’s support programs of airport transfer into its mobile terminal to improve the accuracy of services. For the upcoming Spring Festival rush in next few weeks, AVIS will optimize car dispatching program, make the airport transfer time more punctual and eliminate the delay barriers based on VariFlight’s intelligent data forecasting of passenger flow for more convenient and comfortable services.
强强联手 共同打造中国接送机新生态
Win-Win Cooperation Builds a New Type of Operations for China’s Airport Transfer Service
“接送机支持方案”在安飞士租车移动端口的融合，不仅提高了运营效率，实现了旅客往返机场用车时间上的精准对接，更是让乘客的出行体验得到了不同以往的全新享受。秉承着 “We try harder”品牌理念的安飞士租车，凭借多年来的行业经验，早就洞察到消费者们对于出行消费的升级需求。随着人们消费观念的提升，省时省力、更快更好的出行方式不断被人们挖掘出来。对于每个人而言，最宝贵的其实就是时间。消费者倾向于可以把时间更多的花在旅程本身上，而不是花在路上。
Integrated with AVIS’ mobile terminal, “support program of airport transfer service” improves operating efficiency and accuracy of connection between flight schedules and pickup/drop-off time. Moreover, it brings an unprecedented experience to the passengers. Adhering to the brand concept of “We try harder”, AVIS has an early insight into an urgent demand of travel consumption upgrading with many years of industry experience. With the updating of people's consumption concept, we are exploiting more time- and energy-saving ways to travel. Time is the most precious for everyone. Therefore, customers tend to spend more time on the trip rather than on the road.
作为一家已有70多年历史的知名国际租车企业, AVIS安飞士租车一直坚持着“不止租车，更是品质服务”。此次选择与飞常准强强联手，目的不仅是为提高接送机服务精准度，解决飞机不准点带来的租车时间延误，给用户更加精准高效的租车服务，共同打造中国接送机新生态。安飞士租车更期望通过此次合作提升消费者用车体验，让乘客感受到更快捷、更舒适、更安心、更优惠的出行体验。可以说这一次安飞士租车不仅是在产品技术上有了创新，更是引领租车服务行业往高品质发展，对消费者们的出行体验进行了重大升级。
As a well-known international car rental company with over 70 years of history, AVIS has always stick to the philosophy of “more than car rental, but quality services”. Through this win-win cooperation with VariFlight, AVIS aims to improve the precision of airport transfer service and solve the problems in car rental caused by flight delays, so as to set up a new type of operations for China’s airport transfer service. AVIS hopes to make consumers experience more convenient and comfortable. In this cooperation, AVIS embraces innovations in technology and high-quality development in service, leading the car rental industry in more enjoyable services by low cost and high quality.
“安飞士一直致力于为用户提供便捷、舒适、省心、安全的出行体验，此次与飞常准合作升级了我们的线上接送机体验，提高了运营效率，未来我们将为中国用户创造更多出行可能。”安飞士中国区市场部负责人介绍。展望未来，安飞士租车将继续摘选优质服务商进行合作，为广大消费者带来更优质、更多元、更深度的品质用车体验。
“AVIS has been committed to providing users with convenient, comfortable, assured and safe travel experience. This cooperation with VariFlight upgrades our online airport transfer service, as well as improves the operation efficiency. In the future we will create more transfer choices for Chinese users.” said the AVIS MKT Chief of China. AVIS will fulfill its mission to cooperate with high-quality service providers to offer consumers more superior, diversified and qualified experiences.
