Travel and transportation industry solutions

Elevate customer experience, drive revenue and increase operational efficiency with AI

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Drive profits and long-term growth with AI

IBM works with global transportation companies and public transport—including air travel, cruise lines, railways, hospitality and freight and logistics operators—to enact technological change and transformation with AI. Given the asset-intensive and mission-critical nature of these industries, travel and transportation organizations are exploring generative AI and machine learning in their core business domains to boost performance and reduce risks.  

Artificial intelligence has proven useful in advancements and scaling in established areas such as maintenance, security threat detection and data analytics. With generative AI, the transportation sector can focus on intensive tasks, analyze large datasets, comprehend complex documentation and synthesize these findings into actionable insights for teams.

AI adoption can benefit transportation infrastructure in a wide range of use cases:

  • Operational efficiencies
  • Productivity gains
  • Real-time risk avoidance
  • Operational cost savings in critical business areas

Products

IBM Z®

Use a powerful and secure platform for business to create, innovate and build your future.

IBM Maximo® Application Suite

AI-based predictive maintenance solutions can predict the likelihood of future failures, improve asset reliability and enable cost reduction.

Watsonx®

IBM watsonx® is our portfolio of AI products that accelerates the impact of generative AI in core workflows to drive productivity.

Services

Artificial intelligence (AI) consulting services
Leading the way in generative AI with over 75 K trained consultants
Customer experience consulting services
Transform the front office into a connected, intelligent system driving smoother customer interactions, higher conversion and revenue growth
IBM Consulting services
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Case studies
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Lufthansa

Lufthansa cultivates empathy while driving meaningful engagement with IBM Watson® Advertising conversations.

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Delta Air Lines

A switch to hybrid cloud architecture drives digital presence and enhances employee and customer experience.

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Etihad Airways

Using the IBM Cloud® Platform, Etihad Airways embarks on a strategic digital transformation program.

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Downer

With updated, sustainable asset management, trains keep passengers moving safely, reliably and comfortably.

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Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines and its core IT subsidiary engages IBM to build a hybrid cloud infrastructure on IBM Cloud.

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Transport for London

Transport for London consolidates the maintenance workloads of several subsidiaries onto a central IBM Maximo platform.

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