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Cancellation Insurance?
Pedro cija Serrano 側 www.datadriven.ie 側 pedroecija@datadriven.ie
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Who looks after you when your flight is cancelled?
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Mr Passenger
Travel
Insurance
Liability
Insurance
Business
Interruption
Insurance
Liability of
Air Carriers
Who looks after the airlines when there is flight disruption?
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Travel Insurance: paying only after other avenues of
compensation have been exhausted and might not cover Acts of
God.
Airline Liability Insurance: there must be bodily injury or death
and/ or property damage.and/ or property damage.
Business Interruption Insurance: expensive and likely to require
property damage to warrant compensation. Terms exclude many
claims.
Liability of Air Carriers: airlines are not expected to compensate
only under exceptional circumstances according to EU legislation.
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Travel Insurance: paying only after other avenues of
compensation have been exhausted and might not cover Acts of
God.
Airline Liability Insurance: there must be bodily injury or death
and/ or property damage.
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and/ or property damage.
Business Interruption Insurance: expensive and likely to require
property damage to warrant compensation. Terms exclude many
claims.
Liability of Air Carriers: airlines are not expected to compensate
only under exceptional circumstances according to EU legislation.
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https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0615/882987-ba-disruption-costs/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cyber-payout-ba-failure-zoe-campbell
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/apr/16/iceland-volcano-airline-industry-iata
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jul/28/easy-jet-puts-volcano-costs-at-65m
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/apr/19/ba-volcanic-ash-losing-money
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/06/european-commission-plan-tackle-air-traffic-control-strikes
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Airlines are usually on their own but does it
have to be that way?
Could we insure the cancellation of a flight?Could we insure the cancellation of a flight?
How much would that cost?
Is there anything else we can do about it?
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Based on US flights data:
93% of routes have cancellation
rates below 1%.
1.4% average cancellation rate
including all flights.
The least reliable routes have anThe least reliable routes have an
average 3.6% cancellation rate.
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Some routes are more prone to cancellations than others but there might also be an
airport effect. It could simply be a result of there being many routes in that location.
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Cancellation Insurance?
Lets take an A320 plane and EU compensation rules:
180 passengers
Compensation between 250 and 600
The risk premium (100% of the risk) would be between:The risk premium (100% of the risk) would be between:
315 for reliable flights and 250 compensation p.p.
3,890 for the most cancelling flights and 600 compensation p.p.
On a per passenger basis, between 1.75 and 21.6
Profit loading, expenses and other margins would need to
be added too.
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What else could be done?
If cancellations are airport driven, rather than route
dependant, an assistance service located on
cancellation prone airports might be viable.
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Insure entire flights for airlines,
compensating for a portion of the incurred
losses.
Use data science to its full potential, as
retail regulation would not apply (i.e.: no
gender directive, etc)
Provide complementary services to
Proportion of passengers
who would like to use
their smart phone to
Provide complementary services to
passengers such as:
Real time flight information (delays,
cancellations)
In situ support to stranded passengers
(information, food, drink, transport, etc)
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You define a good flight by negatives: you
didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt
throw up, you werent late, you werentthrow up, you werent late, you werent
nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.
Paul Theroux

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