LONDON, Sept. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the
world's largest airline groups, International Airlines Group (IAG)
has selected Sabre Corporation's (NASDAQ: SABR) Sabre AirVision
Profit Manager technology, and migrates to Amazon Web Services
(AWS) across all of its Sabre AirVision Planning and Scheduling
solutions. The cutover includes British Airways, Iberia, Iberia
Express, and Vueling, making the airline group Sabre's largest
Planning & Scheduling customer using the solutions and
operating on AWS.
IAG's airlines have been using Sabre's Planning and Scheduling
technology for more than 15 years and have already seen great
success. IAG is now looking to create end-to-end planning and
scheduling across its carriers, extending its footprint with Sabre.
This will enable it to respond to competitor changes quicker,
provide visibility of new and existing market opportunities, drive
a holistic IAG codeshare strategy, have faster strategic and
tactical scheduling and – most importantly – optimize flight times
to drive incremental revenue gains.
"As IAG strengthens its global network through
its portfolio of airlines, it's important that we partner
with a provider that offers best-in-class, modern
technology that generates value for our airlines and the
Group," said Alistair Hartley,
director of strategy at IAG. "The successful migration to
Amazon Web Services, coupled with expanding our solution
footprint with Sabre, allows us to get greater value from our
planning and scheduling activity."
In addition to migrating to Amazon Web Services, IAG has cut
over to Profit Manager, a solution that helps airlines identify the
strengths or weaknesses within a schedule and quantifies the impact
of a proposed schedule. With Profit Manager, airlines can improve
profitability by better understanding passengers' flight and cabin
preferences, identify new schedule opportunities and respond
quickly to competitive changes. Furthermore, as part of the launch
of the Sabre Commercial Platform, Sabre has enhanced Profit Manager
to forecast down to the cabin level, a capability that helps
optimize the future schedules by matching cabin level demand.
"Expanding the IAG and Sabre relationship is the latest of great
successes we've seen over the years as we continue to provide
leading technology for the group," said Rodrigo Celis, senior vice president of
commercial airline solutions at Sabre. "Together we expect to
accelerate innovation in schedule optimization, which will
ultimately improve analyst productivity, increase revenue
opportunities, and foster a more customer-centric planning and
scheduling approach – a partnership that will ultimately enhance
the travel experience for the customer."
Earlier this year, Sabre spent time with more than 100 of its
Planning and Scheduling customers in London to discuss product strategy, roadmaps,
and priorities. As they look to the future, continuing to migrate
customers to Amazon Web Services, rolling out best-in-class user
interfaces and workflows, and leveraging data to enhance scheduling
communications across an airline are among the top priorities.
About Sabre
Sabre® Corporation is a leading
technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry.
Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used
by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage
critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations,
revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre also
operates a leading global travel marketplace, which processes more
than $120 billion of estimated travel
spend annually by connecting travel buyers and suppliers.
Headquartered in Southlake, Texas,
USA, Sabre operates offices in approximately 160 countries around
the world.
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