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Cited helps airlines get cited, featured, and recommended when travellers and corporate buyers ask AI which carrier to fly on, which loyalty programme to join, and which airline is best for their route, cabin class, or travel need.

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The AI shift in airline discovery

Travellers and corporate buyers now
choose airlines with AI input.

AI has inserted itself into how travellers compare carriers, evaluate loyalty programmes, and choose which airline to fly for every major journey.

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Travellers ask AI before choosing an airline
A traveller planning a long-haul trip opens ChatGPT and asks which airline has the best business class on the London to Tokyo route. A family planning a holiday asks Perplexity which airline is best for travelling with young children to Dubai. The AI answer shapes which airline websites are visited, which loyalty programmes are evaluated, and which booking is made.
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Corporate travel managers compare airlines through AI
Business travel managers and executive assistants use AI to compare airlines on corporate account features, baggage allowances, lounge access, and frequent flyer reciprocity. Airlines with structured corporate programme content are cited preferentially in these high-value corporate comparison queries.
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Frequent flyers use AI to evaluate loyalty programmes
Frequent flyers ask AI which airline loyalty programme offers the best value for their travel patterns. These programme evaluation queries are among the highest-intent airline queries in AI search. Airlines with structured, comparative loyalty programme content perform significantly better in these citation-rich query types.
Sample buyer AI queries
“Best airline for long-haul business class”
“Most reliable airline for flights to Japan”
“Best airline for transatlantic flights with good food”
“Top airline for a family holiday to Dubai”
“Which airline has the best economy class seats”
“Best airline frequent flyer programme”
“Most comfortable airline for overnight flights”
“Best low-cost carrier for European routes”
“Which airline is best for flying to Southeast Asia”
“Most punctual airline on London to New York route”
“Best airline for corporate travel accounts”
“Top airline for premium economy on long haul”
What Cited will measure for airlines

The Airline Cited Score.
Live now.

The airline prompt battery will cover route-specific, cabin-class, traveller-type, and corporate buyer queries. Loyalty programme query types are tracked as a separate subscore.

AI Mention Rate
20%
How often the airline appears when travellers and corporate buyers ask AI for airline recommendations on relevant routes and buyer-type queries
Citation Rate
20%
How often the airline is specifically cited as a recommendation, not just listed alongside many options
Recommendation Quality
20%
Whether the airline is positively recommended for the specific route, cabin class, or traveller type queried
Query Coverage
15%
Coverage across route-specific, cabin-class, traveller-type, loyalty, and corporate buyer query clusters
Source Authority
15%
Aviation media mentions, Skytrax and APEX ratings, IATA membership, corporate programme directory presence
Content Readiness
10%
How clearly the airline website answers the specific questions AI uses to compare carriers for different buyer types
About the Cited Score
Who this is for

Every type of commercial
aviation operator.

Full-service network carriers
Low-cost carriers
Regional and point-to-point carriers
Ultra-long-haul carriers
Cargo and freight airlines with passenger operations
Charter and leisure airlines
Business aviation operators
Live now
The airline prompt battery is the most complex we will publish — route-specific, carrier-type, and cabin-class queries each require separate methodologies. Live now to allow full validation.
What airlines can do now

Get ahead before Airline
rankings launch in 2027.

  • Join Cited Airline get started for priority placement in the 2027 first edition
  • Get a manual AI Visibility Audit for your key routes and cabin-class queries now
  • Ensure Skytrax and APEX ratings are prominently structured on your website
  • Add AirlineSchema or Organisation schema markup to homepage and route pages
  • Create structured content for your corporate programme and frequent flyer scheme
  • Ensure route-specific pages answer the buyer questions travellers ask AI
Get your score

Be first when Airline
rankings launch in 2027.

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Get your Airline Cited Score
Register your airline and primary routes
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We build your prompt battery
Route-specific, cabin-class, and loyalty query set
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First score free
When Airline rankings launch in 2027
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Related

What Cited publishes for airlines now.

AI Discoverability Audit
Get a manual AI Visibility Audit for your key routes and buyer query types now. Initial scan within 24 hours. Full competitor benchmark and 90-day action plan.
Get your audit
Best Airlines in AI Search
The Airline benchmark is launching in 2027. Get your score to be notified and get priority placement in the first edition.
See benchmark preview
Business Travel Playbook
The entity, content, and authority principles apply across all travel segments. The business travel playbook provides the implementation framework.
Read the playbook
Get your Airline AI Visibility Score
when rankings launch in 2027.
Get your score. First score free. Priority placement in the first Airline benchmark.
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