Summary
This report is an industry report that examines publicly available website delivery metrics from major airlines worldwide and explains how implementing an edge cloud strategy can address various security, performance, and productivity challenges in the airline industry. It outlines the issues airlines face, such as high look-to-book ratios, complicated infrastructure, and threats from bot and DDoS attacks, which hinder site performance and operational efficiency. The report details the importance of performance metrics, including Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and Time to First Byte (TTFB), in evaluating web application performance. It highlights that no airline sites in the report achieved a 'good' performance rating according to Google's standards. Furthermore, the report discusses the optimization challenges airlines encounter, including risk aversion and the need for a unified edge cloud strategy that integrates various services to enhance performance and security while reducing operational complexities.
