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Introducing the Lumo Airport API

Posted by Bala Chandran on Oct 14, 2020 3:18:05 AM

Wish there was an API to tell you everything you wanted to know about delays at an airport? Now there is! Lumo's Airport API combines our flight-level predictions and real-time weather and ATC data to deliver a comprehensive view of current and predicted disruptions at an airport.

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Tags: AI, API


The Free Lumo Trial API is here!

Posted by Bala Chandran on Oct 12, 2020 1:00:00 PM

It's official – we're making access to our API easier! You can now try a limited version of our API for evaluation and testing, and be up and running in a few minutes (did we say it's free?). Just head on over to our free trial page, put in your email, and we'll email you an API key in seconds.  

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Tags: machine learning, API


Who has time to read all those quarantine rules? AI does!

Posted by Bala Chandran on Aug 19, 2020 10:10:14 AM

Deciding whether to travel these days is hard enough without having to read through complicated travel rules. Whether you're a traveler, a travel agent, or a travel manager, keeping up with the latest quarantine rules and travel restrictions can be daunting. That's where we come in – Lumo's algorithms automatically keep track of regulations, using AI to summarize rules so you have a sense for restrictions before you book a flight or travel. 

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Tags: AI, data, Duty of care, Health and safety


Lumo now has health alerts and COVID stats

Posted by Bala Chandran on Jul 16, 2020 12:51:42 PM

The nature of travel has changed, and so have travelers' and travel managers' expectations of technology. We are doing our part to help manage travel in these complicated times.

Lumo's data now includes health alerts and safety advisories from various government agencies including the US Department of State, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the US Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), detailed daily COVID stats, and more. 

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Tags: API, navigator, Duty of care, Health and safety


Lumo selected to SAP.iO's travel accelerator

Posted by Bala Chandran on Mar 17, 2020 8:30:00 PM

It's hard to celebrate too hard these days with the challenges that we in the travel industry (and beyond) are facing, but we're really happy to have made it to SAP's SAP.iO travel accelerator! The accelerator helps facilitate integrations with SAP Concur and potentially run pilots with SAP customers.

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Tags: news


Lumo co-founder Hamsa Balakrishnan's TEDx Talk

Posted by Bala Chandran on Mar 9, 2020 11:36:00 AM

Lumo is now TEDx-adjacent :) Watch Lumo co-founder and Chief Scientist Hamsa Balakrishnan speak at MIT on flight delays and how data can help.  

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Flight delayed on a nice, sunny day? Lumo's GDP predictions are now available through APIs

Posted by Hamsa Balakrishnan on Feb 25, 2020 1:04:00 PM

It's sunny as you look out the airplane window, you check the weather at your destination and all looks great too, but the pilot says you're waiting for clearance from Air Traffic Control to take off. What gives?

Several factors limit the rate at which flights can land safely at an airport, including visibility, wind gusts and wind direction, cloud ceilings, on so on. The Air Traffic Control system in the United States manages these conditions through Ground Delay Programs (or GDPs). During a GDP, flights headed to an airport with reduced landing capacity are held on the ground at their origin airport (hence the term ground delay). This prevents flights from taking off too early and queuing in the air near the airport, which is more expensive and less safe.

Lumo's machine learning algorithms predict GDPs and their impact on flight delays.

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Tags: machine learning, forecast, API, airlines


Travel can be such a PAIN. What are you doing to measure traveler wellness?

Posted by Bala Chandran on Feb 19, 2020 12:13:00 PM

I used to travel a ton in my past life in consulting – I remember waking up every Monday morning at 4am to catch my 5:30am flight, and getting back home on the late flight on Thursday night. A few months into the project, I would have given anything for an extra hour of sleep.

Travel burnout is real. According to a YouGov survey on behalf of NexTravel 20% of travelers say that travel has a negative impact on their mental health, and an ARC survey showed that 15% of road warriors are burned out or close to it.

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Tags: productivity, flight delay cost, traveler wellness, Spotlight


Lumo partner spotlight: OAG

Posted by Loren Werner on Feb 10, 2020 11:00:00 AM

At the core of what we do is synthesizing complex data sets, which means we rely on high-quality data to drive our business. OAG is an industry leader in all things airline-data related and their historical, real-time, schedule, and connection time data are key inputs to our algorithms.

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Tags: data


Lumo partner spotlight: Acendas Travel

Posted by Loren Werner on Feb 3, 2020 11:00:00 AM

Acendas Travel, a Kansas City based TMC, and BCD affiliate, recently started using Lumo Navigator in their Mission Control to help proactively plan for delays and manage staffing requirements in anticipation of disruptions. Lumo integrates with Acendas' systems through their APIs to automatically track all their travelers' flights, and flags potential disruptions hours and days before departure.

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Tags: navigator, tmc


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