The company mentioned in the article as the provider of this technology, Volantio, is the entity that was previously called Adioso, which was in YC in 2009. Some HN readers may remember some blog posts I wrote a few years ago about the struggles we went through.
If you ever wondered what happened to Adioso, well, here's part of the answer. The company took the insights and technology assets it had developed for the consumer market and turned them into enterprise services to offer to airlines, and that has been the focus for the past 3-4 years.
As evidenced by this breakthrough, it has turned out to be a very good move.
The original Adioso product still exists but in a different entity, and its current status is best described as side-project. I'm still optimistic that the original vision we had for Adioso as a consumer product will be realised, but it will end up looking very different to what it's been to date.
In the meantime, it's extremely pleasing to see Volantio making such an impact.