Airline is a front door to one of the most complex ecosystems in modern business. Behind every boarding pass lies an intricate choreography of manufacturers, air traffic controllers, alliances, regulators, airports, technologies, and partnerships converging to move the worlds and make global aviation possible. The fact that it is so complicated also stems from the fact that the airlines global failure rate is a staggering 87.5%, with over 21000 airlines that existed since 1900 and a little over 3000 airlines operate globally today. Complexity is fascinating not because it resists understanding, but because each layer unravelled reveals another, equally intricate and intriguing beneath it. So in the quest of unravelling some of the complexities, I am intending to start a series of posts covering Airline ecosystem. Airlines Core functions include: Network & Schedule Planning : Is the process by which airlines decide where, when, and how often to fly. It inv...