Gulf Air Set to Join Sabre Interline E-Ticketing Hub in Q3; Airline on Schedule to Meet E-Ticketing Targets by IATA Deadline
05 June 2006 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Sabre Airline Solutions, the global leader of software and services
for the airline industry from planning to execution, is on course
to add Gulf Air to its Interline Electronic Ticketing (IET) Hub.
The Middle Eastern carrier is expected to 'go live' during the
third quarter of this year. It will join 57 other airlines already
e-ticketing with Sabre through the hub. The IET Hub is one part of
the two-year, full-service electronic ticketing project Sabre
Airline Solutions is undertaking for Gulf Air. Other elements
include enabling e-ticketing through the airline's own direct
booking channels (online and CTOs), as well as through each of the
five major GDSs and with third-party ground handlers. The project
is based around the ticketing component of the SabreSonic Passenger
Solutions suite of traveller management technology -- part of a
portfolio of more than 100 integrated products designed to help
airlines market themselves, sell their products, serve their
customers and operate more effectively. It will allow Gulf Air to
stay hosted on its independent reservations system while issuing
electronic records within the Sabre electronic ticketing database.
Other airlines using Sabre's IET Hub include American Airlines,
British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Continental, Delta, Emirates, JAL,
Qantas and Singapore Airlines. Sabre is expecting 11 more airlines
to join during the third quarter, bringing the total number of
participants to 69. Sabre Airline Solutions has successfully
introduced hosted e-ticketing capabilities for Gulf Air in the
airline's reservation offices for flights to and from Bahrain,
Muscat, Abu Dhabi, London, Singapore, Sydney, Johannesburg, Athens,
Larnaca, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi,
Dublin, Dubai, Mumbai and Cairo. Sabre Airline Solutions'
consulting team assisted Gulf Air with the implementation. Nejib
Ben-Khedher, president and managing partner of the aviation
consulting practice at Sabre Airline Solutions, said: "There's no
doubt that e-ticketing is helping carriers around the world to
reduce costs and increase productivity. As IATA's end of 2007
deadline for the phase-out of paper tickets approaches, we are
speaking to more and more carriers who need help to implement
e-ticketing smoothly and efficiently. Our IET Hub, which helps
simplify e-ticketing between carriers regardless of where their
reservation systems are hosted, is attracting a lot of attention."
Gulf Air's GDS e-ticketing initiative is also under way. It has
rolled out the capability completely in Abacus in South East Asia,
in Sabre in the Arabian Gulf countries, Australia, Greece and
Cyprus, and in Galileo and Amadeus in the United Kingdom. Tests are
under way for Worldspan in the Arabian Gulf. Further markets will
be opened in the GDSs shortly. "E-ticketing is one of many
initiatives Gulf Air has been working towards with our technology
partner, Sabre Airline Solutions, for simplifying travel processes
and enhancing our customers' experience," said Jalal AlQassab, the
airline's vice-president of information technology. "We are
delighted with our achievements in host and GDS e-ticketing. With
the activation of IET we progress further towards our goal of
achieving 100 percent e-ticketing by the end of 2007." The project
ultimately will include an integrated departure control system.
This will allow the airline to create a copy of an electronic
ticket in its departure control system, change the status of the
coupon to reflect various stages of the departure control process,
over-ride or change the status of e-tickets and purge used
e-tickets from its system. 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, while more than 500 use its leading operational
technology. 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. 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. Sabre Airline
Solutions, the Sabre Airline Solutions logo, SabreSonic, CargoMax,
AirFlite, AirMax, AirOps, AirServ, AirCrews and Sabre Travel
Network are trademarks and/or service marks of an affiliate of
Sabre Holdings Corp. All other trademarks, service marks and trade
names are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2005 Sabre
Inc. All rights reserved.
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