duo Airways Signs Agreement With Sabre Airline Solutions for Fast Implementation of New Flight Tracking Technology
25 February 2004 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
duo Airways Signs Agreement With Sabre Airline Solutions for Fast
Implementation of New Flight Tracking Technology SOUTHLAKE, Texas,
Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Birmingham, England-based regional European
carrier, duo Airways Limited, has signed an agreement with Sabre
Airline Solutions for Sabre FliteTrac operations control and flight
following system to facilitate the airline's business and
regulatory requirements for monitoring flight status. FliteTrac
gathers data such as flight number and date, origin and
destination, departure time, assigned aircraft, fuel data,
passenger list (both planned and actual) and the original, revised,
estimated and actual arrival times. Benefits of FliteTrac include
increased personnel productivity, reduced operations controller
workload, easy-to-read graphical data, and constant awareness of
fleet status. Features include integration with an airline's legacy
systems, a customizable user interface, automatically updated
database information, and built-in reports. "We are extremely
impressed with this product," said Richard King, operations
manager, duo Airways Limited. "All too often software packages fail
to deliver against expectations. FliteTrac is an exception to this
industry norm -- not only does it deliver what we wanted, it does
more." FliteTrac was installed at duo in record time to help the
airline's operations personnel readily monitor the status of
flights in line with business and regulatory requirements. By
interfacing with duo's computerreservation system, the FliteTrac
system can display real-time flight information in a Gantt chart
format, with color-coding defined by the carrier, to indicate
flight status. Vinay Dube, vice president, Sabre Airline Solutions
for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, added: "One of our
strengths is leveraging our robust technology arsenal to provide
affordable, quick solutions for carriers of all sizes. And, with
our knowledge of the industry, the region, and an understanding of
duo's immediate business needs, we were able to implement this
solution on an accelerated basis." Sabre Airline Solutions
currently has 61 FliteTrac customers globally. The contract with
duo adds to the momentum of European carriers opting for the smart
technologyavailable from Sabre Airline Solutions -- with nearly 90
contracts signed in the region during the past 12 months. About duo
Airways Limited Created from the management buy-out of Maersk Air
Limited (Birmingham) in 2003, duo is the new European airline
flying from Birmingham and Edinburgh to 14 European destinations.
Maersk Air Ltd operated for over 10 years under a British Airways
franchise agreement from Birmingham. The management team and staff
who set up duo have many years' experience in theaviation industry.
The management buy- out means that all the staff own a part of the
company and therefore play a crucial role in its future success. It
now employs over 300 people, including its own engineering
department, which maintains its fleetof eight aircraft. About Sabre
Airline Solutions Sabre Airline Solutions, a Sabre Holdings
company, is the world's largest provider of software products,
reservation and departure control systems and consulting services
to help airlines simplify operations and lower costs. Over 200
airlines worldwide use Sabre Airline Solution's broad portfolio of
software solutions for decision-support tools to increase revenues
and improve operations. Over 100 airlines worldwide rely on Sabre
Airline Solutions for passenger management solutions, with 15 new
carriers added and nine carrier renewals for SabreSonic Res
advanced reservations and departure control systems in 2003. In
addition, more than 100 clients worldwide have turned to Sabre
Airline Solutions consulting group for strategic, commercial and
operational consulting. More than 500 contracts worldwide were
signed in 2003 within Sabre Airline Solutions. Sabre Holdings
Corporation (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 Sabre
FliteTrac aretrademarks 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.
DATASOURCE: Sabre Airline Solutions CONTACT: Kathryn Hayden of
SabreAirline Solutions, +1-682-605-2252, or Web site:
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/
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