Sabre Airline Solutions Appointed Technical Service Provider for the Arabesk Group; Founder Airlines Target Summer 2006 for Imp
09 March 2006 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
Founder members of the Arabesk Group, a commercial co-operation
initially involving seven Middle East airlines, have formalised
their relationship. This is the culmination of a year of
preparation, during which Sabre Airline Solutions' consulting group
assisted the carriers in studying the viability of the project.
Articles of Co-operation have been adopted that set out the ways in
which the founding members will work together for mutual benefit.
They include sections on governance, membership criteria, dispute
resolution, commercial activity, operations, financial obligations
and ongoing construction of the group. Sabre Airline Solutions has
been appointed technical advisor to the group and will assist the
airlines in executing the agreement. The carriers have already
started co-operating on flights and each will have code-share
flights and special prorate agreements (SPAs) with other members
during the Summer 2006 schedule period. The airlines involved are
Egyptair, Gulf Air, Middle East Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines,
Saudi Arabian Airlines, Tunisair and Yemen Airways (Yemenia). "I am
pleased to have Sabre Airline Solutions consulting, together with
our organisation, play an important role in developing this
intra-regional co-operation," said Abdul Wahab Teffaha, secretary
general of the regional representative body, the Arab Air Carriers
Organisation (AACO). "The chief executives from the seven launching
carriers demonstrated their clear support of the concept and
removed all hurdles to bring it to fruition. The co-operation is
already yielding benefits for the individual carriers and is
demonstrating that this is a good path for the future, as well as
providing value added service to the travellers through better
market coverage." Nejib Ben-Khedher, president and managing partner
of the consulting group at Sabre Airline Solutions, said: "The
Arabesk initiative is proof that airlines in the same region can
work together effectively, through ensuring that schedule
co-operation occurs while allowing free and open competition. We're
confident that Arabesk Group will stimulate traffic growth in the
region and improve the market share of each of the members. The
early results have been impressive." Other airlines have expressed
interest in membership and will follow an application procedure
defined in detail in the Articles of Co-operation. Sabre Airline
Solutions has nearly tripled the size of its consulting business in
the past three years, with the Middle East contributing
significantly to this growth. More than 25 percent of the
consulting business' 2005 revenue was generated in this region.
After a successful commercial assistance project with Egyptair in
2003 and 2004, Sabre Airline Solutions' consultants supported Gulf
Air in its recent return to profitability and are conducting a
large turnaround engagement at Yemenia. "Arabesk speaks both to our
strength in the area of airline planning and to our familiarity
with the Middle East region," said Ben-Khedher. "We are proud of
our partnership with the Arab carriers and want to continue
supporting the community of airlines in the region to allow them to
remain competitive and to capture a large share of the growth that
this dynamic region is witnessing." About Sabre Airline Solutions
Sabre Airline Solutions, a Sabre Holdings company, is the world's
largest provider of products to help airlines market, sell, serve
and operate from planning to execution. More than 200 airlines use
its broad portfolio of decision-support tools to increase revenues
and improve operations. More than 100 airlines rely on Sabre
Airline Solutions for passenger management solutions, while a
similar number have turned to the company's consulting group for
strategic, commercial and operational advice. More than 500
contracts worldwide were signed in 2004 for Sabre Airline
Solutions' leading technology solutions. Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG)
connects people with the world's greatest travel possibilities by
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. About Sabre
Airline Solutions -- Asia/Pacific (APAC) Sabre Asia/Pacific's head
office is based in Shanghai, China, with offices/representatives
located in Sydney, Auckland, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur,
Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Bangalore and Mumbai. In 2004,
Sabre Airline Solutions signed 86 system contracts with airlines
based in the Asia/Pacific region. Sabre Airline Solutions achieved
growth across all key areas in 2004 including airline software
applications, airline reservations and airline consulting
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