ChinaTravel and aviation2024 – ongoingHainan Airlines
Intelligent voice and text robots for passenger service
Hainan Airlines reported that voice and text robots handled 65% of customer service
Problem
Passenger inquiries created substantial work for customer-service staff. Hainan Airlines sought faster responses with lower staffing requirements.
Approach
The airline launched an intelligent voice robot and upgraded its text robot. A dedicated operations team expanded the knowledge base and tested different questions and dialogue scenarios. The airline reported that automated service volume exceeded the volume handled by people.
Results
Takeaway
The airline paired its service robots with ongoing knowledge maintenance and conversation testing. Its reported staffing reduction did not specify a measurement baseline.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Travel and aviation
- Business function
- Customer service
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Conversational and voice AI
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Hainan Airlines described deployed voice and text robots supported by a customer-service operations team. It reported a robot-service share of 65% and a 40% reduction in manpower requirements.
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