AI fights food waste

KLM IS USING artificial intelligence as a tool to combat inflight food waste, with the technology employed to help determine the number of meals that need to be loaded for any particular flight. The Dutch carrier said that “Depending on the class, between 3 and 5 per cent of booked passengers do not show up [on time] for the flight”, and it is therefore using the technology to predict the number of passengers that will board a flight “based on historical data”. The Meals On Board System receives the expected passenger numbers per flight with separate forecasts for business, premium economy and economy classes. AI technology TRAYS begins predictions 17 days before departure, refining them up until 20 minutes before the flight departs. The airline said the technology achieves up to 63 per…

You're reading a preview of

Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, March - April 2024

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.