Airline Dashboard Design — 4 Extensive Use Cases + Special Tips

The design of an airline dashboard reflects one of the three essential “D-pillars” when it comes to dashboards: Data, (KPI) Definition & Design. And also design isn’t the complex part I’d rate it as toughest. Why’s that? Contrary to data and KPI definition, everybody has a taster for design.
Using Tableau as your airline operations real-time dashboard — 3 reasons why this isn’t a good idea.

Let’s talk about the idea of using Tableau as an airline operations (real-time) dashboard. To make it clear right from the beginning: I love Tableau. Actually, I think Tableau has changed the way companies are approaching the world of data analytics — tremendously and sustainably.
Improve Your Airline’s On-Time Performance Immediately and Without Spending Thousands Of Dollars

On-time performance (punctuality) is probably the number one quality indicator for an airline (except safety aspects). And a quality indicator that affects your passengers massively. However, many airlines still struggle to improve their OTP or maintain it on a high level.
Aviation KPI Dashboards — Here Are 9 Conceptual Mistakes That’ll Kill Your Dashboard Project

Setting up an aviation KPI dashboard —either at an airport, airline, or ATC— is a complicated endeavor. We know that. There are many obstacles to overcome and a lot of work has to be done. And there’s always the risk that your complete work doesn’t pay off in the end. Simply because the dashboard doesn’t get the sustainable attention you have been envisioning.
Why data is useless — and 4 steps how to solve it.

Good decisions are based on knowledge rather than numbers. Plato, one of the great Greek philosophers made this statement almost 2,500 years ago. Actually, this is a great and wise statement. And probably a quote that perfectly describes why I think that data – in its rawest form – is useless.
Top 3 KPI every airline should pay attention to

What are your top three KPIs every airline should pay attention to? A question I’m asked frequently. With this post, I want to provide my favorite airline operations KPIs. And explain why I consider them as most relevant.