AI AGENTS FOR AIRLINES

Passengers rebooked. Operations back on schedule.

NiCE Cognigy AI agents handle rebookings, refunds, baggage tracking and upgrades on any channel. Even when weather grounds the whole hub.

Passengers rebooked. Operations back on schedule.

Lufthansa: AI agents in production

16+

customer-facing AI agents

16M+

conversations a year

375K+

AI agent conversations a day at peak

With the AI Agent managing customer inquiries, we saw a rise in our NPS score and a reduction in our AHT compared to providing support through our phone channel. In fact, our average handling time is currently at its historical low, at least in the last five to six years.

Leonardo Declich

Director CX Transformation, Frontier Airlines

AI agents designed for airlines

Pre-built AI agents for the requests airline contact centers handle most, from bookings to tracking and loyalty programs.

Rebookings and changes

Check-in

Flight status

Upgrades

Refunds

Proactive notifications

Baggage tracking

Airport wayfinding

Complaints

Loyalty programs

SELF-SERVICE

Passenger expectations met

Passengers expect answers in seconds, on the ground or in the air. NiCE Cognigy AI agents, powered by generative and conversational AI, understand travel-specific needs and give empathetic support on every channel.

MULTIMODAL

Immediate service on any channel

Let passengers take charge of their journey, on any channel.

AI agents can use several channels in one interaction. A text message, an image upload or a micro web app lets passengers pick seats, change flights and more, from any device or browser.

PERSONALIZATION

Contextual, personal, relevant.

Leave impersonal, frustrating self-service behind.

NiCE Cognigy AI agents combine service skills and emotional intelligence with your business knowledge, and take each passenger's history and preferences into account.

AUTOMATION

Lower operational costs

Automate processes in part or end to end with AI agents and

NiCE Cognigy Agent Copilot, and cut costs that stay cut.

That means lower handling times and higher containment, while Agent Copilot cuts agent errors, after-call work and training time.

Airplane taking off from an airport at sunset

CUSTOMER STORY

First-class service, proven at Lufthansa.

Lufthansa uses Cognigy.AI to fully automate rebookings, refunds, cancellations and more for its passengers.

Customer service now absorbs extreme traffic spikes, with consistent support even at thousands of interactions per minute.

One platform gives Lufthansa the scale to consolidate every customer interaction across channels, taking pressure off its contact centers and agents.

Loved by customers

Excellent Choice for Complex Conversational AI at Scale

5.0

The use of Cognigy AI has allowed us to build several bots, use cases and integrations at scale for different companies at once...

Research and Development · 30B+ USD · Transportation

Gartner Peer Insights

Feature-rich, and Stable Platform to Build a Sophisticated and Complex Product

5.0

Cognigy have provided exemplary support which is key to deploying sophisticated and complex solutions...

Software Development · <50M USD · Healthcare & Biotech

Gartner Peer Insights

Best Conversational AI Platform!

5.0

Fantastic experience! Very responsive team and delivering new innovation quickly. The NLU is the best in the market and is extremely easy to build bots/virtual agents.

Product Management · 1B–3B USD · Telecommunication

Gartner Peer Insights

The Highly Interactive and Profitable Customer Interaction System

5.0

Cognigy.AI; is a complete enterprise conversational platform that we use daily to automate our interaction with our customers...

Data and Analytics · 30B+ USD · Retail

Gartner Peer Insights

Bring Your Conversational AI Strategy To The Next Level With Less Code

5.0

We are using Cognigy since a year and have around 20 chatbots and 3 voicebots on the platform with above 1 million conversations...

Customer Service & Support · 500M–1B USD · Energy & Utilities

Gartner Peer Insights

Most Flexible Conversation AI Platform

5.0

The platform is a breeze to use. The set-up is done very quickly and it's all low code...

Data and Analytics · 1B–3B USD · Transportation

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Frequently asked questions

What is an AI agent?

AI agents are human-like virtual agents, built on conversational and generative AI, that automate customer service across chat and voice. They deliver instant, personal support in over 100 languages and integrate with enterprise systems. They come with industry-specific skills and emotional intelligence, use your service knowledge and processes, and work alongside human agents with real-time assistance, knowledge lookups, next best actions and sentiment analysis.

What is AI in airline customer service?

AI in airline customer service uses technologies such as NLU, LLMs and generative AI to give passengers fast, personal support. AI agents handle routine requests like flight schedules, baggage tracking and seat upgrades on chat, voice or email, 24/7 and in any language. In a disruption, they rebook passengers and send updates at scale, cutting wait times and frustration. They take repetitive work off human agents, who can focus on complex or emotional conversations.

How can AI be used in the airline industry?

AI agents handle routine requests like flight status, baggage tracking and check-in on chat, voice and email. In disruptions, they rebook passengers and send proactive notifications in real time. They speak 100+ languages, personalize offers for upgrades and loyalty benefits, and suggest alternatives when flights are delayed, so human agents can focus on high-value conversations.

What are the use cases for AI in airline customer service?

Key use cases include flight status updates, baggage tracking, rebookings during disruptions, FAQs and multilingual support. AI agents also help with loyalty programs, personalized trip recommendations and proactive notifications.

AI agents for airlines. Proven in production.

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