Online Bookings and Sales through SabreSonic Web from Sabre Airline Solutions Continue to Break Records
28 June 2005 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Sabre Airline Solutions, the industry leader in airline operations
technology, reported sales through SabreSonic Web for the period
Jan. 1 to May 31 totaling more than US$1.5 billion in revenue.
Activity transacted on the powerful airline Internet booking engine
averaged more than US$340 million per month for this five-month
period. May revenue alone marks a 36 percent increase over revenue
booked through the Web component during the same period of 2004.
The Web component has also delivered a dramatic increase in the
number of passenger bookings over the same period last year. May
showed a strong increase with 48 percent growth over last year and
the first five months of 2005 mark a greater than 50 percent
increase over the same period in 2004 as the popularity of the Web
component, and online booking in general, continues to increase.
"Booking numbers and revenues continue to escalate because of the
flexibility and ease of use of the Web component," said Gianni
Marostica, president of Airline Passenger Solutions for Sabre
Airline Solutions. "Since its launch in January of 2004, the
customer-centric shopping and booking method has provided a true
and unique value to travelers everywhere. Travel consumers are
clearly choosing air travel with carriers that offer the best
options for booking, check-in and exchanges. The Web component does
all that." The benefits of the SabreSonic solutions led 10 new
customers to select the Web component during the last 18 months.
The Web component offers airlines and their customers a variety of
features from basic booking capability to connecting consumers with
their hotel and car partners, providing added value to self-service
travelers at an airline's Web site. Other enhancements include
customer-executed ticket exchanges online, support of airline
promotional offers, support of eight languages and an
airline-branded Web site that can integrate a customer's existing
bookings and frequent traveler account information. The Web
component air search page offers travelers the ability to book by
itinerary or price; request nonstop flights; and select from
one-way, round trip or multiple destination searches. The Web
component can also be configured to provide separate storefronts
for specific airline needs, such as corporations and travel agents,
helping carriers better serve the specific needs of various
customer segments. Sabre Airline Solutions has also introduced
various configurable options within its Site Manager administration
tool. The highly flexible tool streamlines booking processes and
provides a customized look and feel that promotes the airline brand
identity. Other configurable options of the Site Manager tool
include: -- Dynamic origin and destination drop-down menus --
Dynamic language capabilities -- The ability to preview changes
made in Site Manager prior to production release, eliminating the
need for a test site. "Self-service, particularly online, is
becoming a foundation of travel ease in the airline industry, and
even a measure of an airline's level of customer-friendliness,"
added Marostica. "The Web component has proven itself in the
marketplace as a smart solution that directly responds to the
travel consumer's demonstrated desire to drive the shopping and
booking process. The component provides the necessary tools and
technology to address customer self service online by integrating
the SabreSonic solutions in an integrated method that provides a
true 'B2C' online offering." Majors, regionals, and low-cost
carriers worldwide are using the open-systems technology of the
SabreSonic solutions for its customer-oriented functionality,
flexibility, speed and ease of use. The Web component can be
purchased as part of the full lineup of SabreSonic solutions or
purchased on a stand-alone basis, enabling carriers to take
advantage of the Web component regardless of the existing
reservations system. About Sabre Airline Solutions Sabre Airline
Solutions, a Sabre Holdings company, is the world's largest
provider of software products, reservations and departure control
systems and other passenger management systems, and consulting
services that help airlines simplify operations and lower costs.
Sabre Airline Solutions' proven leadership is demonstrated by the
growing number of airlines that leverage the technology and
services: More than 200 airlines worldwide use Sabre Airline
Solutions' broad portfolio of smart solutions for decision-support
tools to increase revenues and improve operations. More than 100
airlines worldwide rely on Sabre Airline Solutions for passenger
management solutions, with eight new carriers choosing SabreSonic,
the first new generation reservations system offered in the market,
in 2004 and six carrier renewals. In addition, more than 100
clients worldwide have turned to the Sabre Airline Solutions
consulting group for strategic, commercial and operational
consulting. More than 500 contracts worldwide were signed in 2004
across the breadth of Sabre Airline Solutions' leading technology
solutions. Sabre Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in
travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing
distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More
information about Sabre Holdings is available at
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/. Sabre Airline Solutions, the Sabre
Airline Solutions logo and SabreSonic are trademarks and/or service
marks of an affiliate of Sabre Holdings Corporation. All other
trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of
their respective owners. (C) Sabre Inc. All rights reserved.
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