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Centralised Operations & Performance BI Platform

End-to-end SQL Server + Power BI ecosystem unifying flight operations, ticket sales, and customer feedback for a major European airline — giving executives real-time visibility into delays, revenue, and satisfaction across 5 interactive dashboards.

SQL ServerPower BISSISDAXStar SchemaRLS
3.64M Tickets Tracked
5 Interactive Dashboard Tabs
Real-Time Live Flight Feed
50% Faster Dashboard Loads

1The Challenge

Flight operations, ticket sales, and customer feedback each had their own system and their own reporting cycle. Executives had no single place to understand whether delays were affecting satisfaction, where revenue was coming from, or which routes were underperforming.

Reporting took days and numbers disagreed between departments. The goal was to build a centralised BI ecosystem that would give leadership real-time operational visibility, eliminate manual reporting, and surface KPIs that drive smarter, faster decisions.

2The Solution

Bivonix designed a Kimball star schema SQL Server data warehouse with SSIS ETL pipelines — then delivered five Power BI dashboards covering every layer of the operation:

  • SSIS pipelines with data quality controls and anomaly detection
  • Star schema — Flight_Fact, Ticket_Sales_Fact, Feedback_Fact
  • DirectQuery for live flight ops, Import Mode for historical data
  • Route OTP, delay cause breakdown, and utilisation tracking
  • CSAT, NPS, and complaint resolution rate monitoring
  • Revenue trend with monthly forecast and cabin class split
  • Role-based access — executives to customer service teams
  • Pre-aggregated SQL views — 50% load time reduction

3What This Dashboard Solves

Flight ops, ticketing, and CX data siloed across 4 separate systems
Reporting cycles took days — no real-time operational visibility
No unified KPI framework linking delays, satisfaction, and revenue
Delay cause analysis required manual data pulls from multiple sources
Role-based access not enforced — all users saw undifferentiated data
Revenue and ticket sales tracked in disconnected spreadsheets
Customer feedback unconnected to operational performance data
No anomaly detection — data quality issues went unnoticed

4Business Impact

  • Centralised BI platform integrating flight ops, sales, and customer feedback in one warehouse
  • 60% improvement in reporting turnaround — from days to automated daily refresh
  • Real-time live flight feed with on-time, delayed, and cancelled status filters
  • 50% reduction in dashboard load times via pre-aggregated SQL views and optimised DAX
  • Route-level OTP, delay cause breakdown, and monthly trend analysis for ops teams
  • CSAT 7.9/10 and NPS 54 tracked alongside complaint resolution rates
  • €856M revenue and RASK visibility for finance and executive leadership

Technology Stack

SQL Server 2022Power BISSISDAXStar SchemaKimball MethodologyRow-Level SecurityDirectQueryImport ModeIncremental RefreshPre-Aggregated Views
Airline Operations & Performance BI — CDG Hub 2024
Live

Live interactive dashboard — switch tabs, filter flights by status, explore revenue and CX data

SQL Server · SSIS · Power BI RLS

60%

Faster Reporting Turnaround

50%

Dashboard Load Time Reduction

NPS 54

Net Promoter Score Tracked

4→1

Siloed Systems Unified

Operational Intelligence Capabilities

Eight integrated capabilities giving operations, sales, finance, and CX teams complete real-time visibility across every flight and route.

Executive Overview

10 KPI cards across OTP, ticket sales, CSAT, NPS, delay rate, load factor, RASK — monthly ticket sales bar chart vs. revenue target.

Live Operations Feed

Filterable live flight table by status (on-time, delayed, cancelled), delay cause donut, route OTP bars, monthly OTP trend line.

Customer Experience

CSAT and NPS trend, NPS promoter/passive/detractor breakdown, satisfaction by category, monthly feedback volume chart.

Revenue & Finance

Monthly revenue vs. forecast, route profitability bars, cabin class revenue split, quarterly performance with YoY delta.

Architecture Dashboard

End-to-end SSIS pipeline diagram, refresh schedule, DAX measures reference, RLS role definitions, before/after performance chart.

Star Schema Modelling

Kimball dimensional model — Flight_Fact, Ticket_Sales_Fact, Feedback_Fact linked to Time, Route, Aircraft, Region dimensions.

Refresh Orchestration

Real-time DirectQuery for live ops, daily Import Mode for sales/revenue, weekly for feedback — all via SSIS incremental loads.

Role-Level Security

Executives (full), Regional Managers (route/region filter), Sales Teams (BU filter), Customer Service (CX only) — enforced via RLS.

Key Features

Live flight status feed with filter pills
Delay cause donut chart with category breakdown
Route OTP performance progress bars
Revenue vs. forecast dual-line trend
NPS promoter / passive / detractor segmentation
Satisfaction by category horizontal bars
Route profitability ranking
Before vs. after performance comparison chart

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